The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
of Annie Jacobsen (Goodreads Author)
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The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to paint a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain," from its Cold War inception in 1958 to the present.This is the book on DARPA--a compelling narrative about this clandestine intersection of science and the American military and the often frightening results.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 560 pages
- Publisher Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Date September 22nd 2015
- First Publication 09/01/15
- Language English
- ISBN 9780316371766
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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