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Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire - Hardcover

Abella, Alex

 
9780151010813: Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151010811 ISBN 13: 9780151010813
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

An in-depth history of the RAND Corporation describes the behind-the-scenes role of the secretive think tank in shaping American political policy for six decades, detailing its origins in the wake of World War II, the part it played during the Cold War years, its development of the rational choice theory, and the contributions of Herman Kahn, Bernard Brodie, Albert Wohlstetter, and others.

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About the Authors

ALEX ABELLA is the coauthor, with Scott Gordon, of Shadow Enemies: Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States and the author of four novels. He has also been a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times. Born in Cuba, he lives in Los Angeles.


ALEX ABELLA is the coauthor, with Scott Gordon, of Shadow Enemies: Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States and the author of four novels. He has also been a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times. Born in Cuba, he lives in Los Angeles.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0151010811
ISBN 13 
9780151010813
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
388