{"product_id":"the-pentagons-brain-an-uncensored-history-of-darpa-americas-top-secret-military-research-agency-9780316371667","title":"The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of Darpa, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eArea 51\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R\u0026amp;D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the book on DARPA -- a compelling narrative about this clandestine intersection of science and the American military and the often frightening results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eArea 51\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOperation Paperclip\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Pentagon's Brain\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597482725650,"sku":"9780316371667","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64a743fe-6c2a-498d-8845-89ed9aaa4ff4.jpg?v=1732178462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pentagons-brain-an-uncensored-history-of-darpa-americas-top-secret-military-research-agency-9780316371667","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}