Soldiers of reason, the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire, Alex Abella
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Soldiers of reason, the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire, Alex Abella
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index
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illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Soldiers of reason
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
163707040
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Alex Abella
Sub title
the Rand Corporation and the rise of the American empire
Summary
A chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind American government for sixty years. Born in the wake of World War II as an idea factory to advise the Air Force on how to wage and win wars, RAND quickly became the creator of America's anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightest, its ranks included Cold War luminaries who arguably saved us from nuclear annihilation and unquestionably created Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex." In the Kennedy era, RAND analysts' theories of rational warfare steered our conduct in Vietnam, and drove our invasion of Iraq 45 years later. But RAND's greatest contribution might be its least known: rational choice theory, a model explaining all human behavior through self-interest. Through it RAND sparked the Reagan-led transformation of our social and economic system, but also unleashed a resurgence of precisely the forces whose existence it denied--religion, patriotism, tribalism.--From publisher description
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- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Rand Corporation
- Diplomatic relations
- Military policy
- History
- Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intellectual life
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- United States -- Military policy
- Since 1900
- Rand Corporation -- History
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- Rand Corporation -- Influence
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Geschichte
- United States
- Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Research institutes
- Military research
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- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Rand Corporation
- Diplomatic relations
- Military policy
- History
- Research institutes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Intellectual life
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- United States -- Military policy
- Since 1900
- Rand Corporation -- History
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- Rand Corporation -- Influence
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Geschichte
- United States
- Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Research institutes
- Military research
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