Armed with Expertise : : The Militarization of American Social Research during the Cold War /

Armed with Expertise : : The Militarization of American Social Research during the Cold War / / Joy Rohde.

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During the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon launched a controversial counterinsurgency program called the Human Terrain System. The program embedded social scientists within military units to provide commanders with information about the cultures and grievances of local popul...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Rohde, Joy,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:American Institutions and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 halftones, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Hearts, Minds, and Militarization
  • 1. Creating the Gray Area: Scholars, Soldiers, and National Security
  • 2. A Democracy of Experts: Knowledge and Politics in the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex
  • 3. Deeper Shades of Gray: Ambition and Deception in Project Camelot
  • 4. From Democratic Experts to "Automatic Cold Warriors": Dismantling the Gray Area in the Vietnam Era
  • 5. Fade to Black: The Enduring Warfare State
  • Epilogue: Militarization without End?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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