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The Pentagon’s Brain
- Author
- Annie Jacobsen
- Narrator
- Annie Jacobsen
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 25 September 2025
- Run Time
- 18 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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.
© Annie Jacobsen 2015 (P) Hachette Audio 2015
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Details
- Author
- Annie Jacobsen
- Narrator
- Annie Jacobsen
- Duration
- 18 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529976519
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Military intelligence, Military history, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Military institutions, Information warfare / Cyberwarfare
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 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.© Annie Jacobsen 2015 (P) Hachette Audio 2015
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