{"product_id":"the-imagineers-of-war-the-untold-story-of-darpa-the-pentagon-agency-that-changed-the-world-paperback","title":"The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly sixty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFounded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, the agency's original mission was to create \"the unimagined weapons of the future.\" Over the decades, DARPA has been responsible for countless inventions and technologies that extend well beyond military technology. Sharon Weinberger gives us a riveting account of DARPA's successes and failures, its remarkable innovations, and its wild-eyed schemes. We see how the threat of nuclear Armageddon sparked investment in computer networking, leading to the Internet, as well as to a proposal to power a missile-destroying particle beam by draining the Great Lakes. We learn how DARPA was responsible during the Vietnam War for both Agent Orange and the development of the world's first armed drones, and how after 9\/11 the agency sparked a national controversy over surveillance with its data-mining research. And we see how DARPA's success with self-driving cars was followed by disappointing contributions to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeinberger has interviewed more than one hundred former Pentagon officials and scientists involved in DARPA's projects--many of whom have never spoken publicly about their work with the agency--and pored over countless declassified records from archives around the country, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, and exclusive materials provided by sources. \u003ci\u003eThe Imagineers of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and groundbreaking history in which science, technology, and politics collide.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHARON WEINBERGER\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Editor at \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eImaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She has also held fellowships at MIT's Knight Science Journalism program, the International Reporting Program at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She has written on military science and technology for \u003ci\u003eNature, \u003c\/i\u003e BBC\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiscover, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWired, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44434175033446,"sku":"9780804169721","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/AazBdopxxD9780804169721.webp?v=1770436437","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-imagineers-of-war-the-untold-story-of-darpa-the-pentagon-agency-that-changed-the-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}