The Pentagon's Brain - Annie Jacobsen

The Pentagon's Brain

By Annie Jacobsen

  • Release Date: 2015-09-15
  • Genre: Military History
Score: 4
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From 90 Ratings

Description

Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51.
No 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.

Reviews

  • Rally good book!

    5
    By canyonsmitty
    A great read, especially if you are old enough to have experienced the 1940s and 50s.
  • political commentary

    1
    By FASTEST EDDIE
    I bought this book for the proposed insights into DARPA ... Instead I got political commentary and warmed over history of ARPA ... I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT!