Soldiers of reason : the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire / Alex Abella.
Soldiers of reason : the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire / Alex Abella.
Soldiers of reason : the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire / Alex Abella.
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Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2008.
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N355.07097/ 2
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English
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388 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1 A Great Beginning -- 2 The Human Factor -- 3 The Wages of Sin -- 4 A Talk Before Dinner -- 5 The Secret Keepers -- 6 The Jester of Death -- 7 In RAND's Orbit -- 8 A Delicate Dance -- 9 Whiz Kids Rule -- 10 The Art of Science -- 11 A Final Solution to the Soviet Problem -- 12 An Irresistible Force...
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Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2008.
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1st ed.
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Florida
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c2008.
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"A chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind American government for the last half century, Soldiers of Reason is the first-ever history of the RAND Corporation, written with full access to its archives." "Born in the wake of World War II as a factory of ideas designed to advise the Air Force on how to...
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Soldiers of reason : the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire / Alex Abella.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-361) and index.
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c2008.
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N355.07097/ 2
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9780151010813
0151010811
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355.070973
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991000446049702626
