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  • Published: 12 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804998830
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $29.99
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The Pentagon’s Brain

An Uncensored History of DARPA

  • Annie Jacobsen



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.

  • Published: 12 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804998830
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $29.99
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