The Pentagon's Brain
Author: Jacobsen, Annie
ISBN: 9781804998830
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 12 May 2026
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9781804998830
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 12 May 2026
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
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.