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

Abella, Alex

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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Review:

Praise for SOLDIERS OF REASON "Well-researched... Kudos to Abella."--San Francisco Chronicle "[R]evealing and original... Abella does an excellent job ferreting out details... Abella's book is an introduction to the broad range of ideas RAND has espoused."--Chalmers Johnson, Asia Times

Praise for SOLDIERS OF REASON"Well-researched... Kudos to Abella."--San Francisco Chronicle"[R]evealing and original... Abella does an excellent job ferreting out details... Abella's book is an introduction to the broad range of ideas RAND has espoused."--Chalmers Johnson, Asia Times

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About the Author:

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.

About this edition

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