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.

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ISBN13: 9781804998830
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 560
Edition:
Publication Date: 12 May 2026
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x12.9(L)x3.8(W)422
Weight (gm): 422

Author Biography

Annie Jacobsen is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Nuclear War- A Scenario, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. A 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, her other books include Operation Paperclip, Phenomena and The Pentagon's Brain, and have been translated into 26 languages. She also writes and produces TV, including Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.

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