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Based on the incredible history of (D)ARPA you could write a gripping story of amazing technology instead of this sprawling review of people working for the agency. Every time a project was mentioned I would get excited only to be disappointed by the focus on office gossip, dinners, backstabbing, personal successes and failures and peoples' opinions on... other people. What a waste of extensive research.
 
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Paul_S | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Dec 23, 2020 |
In this popular history of DARPA, Weinberger sets herself the question of how an agency legendary for initiating a number of major transformative technological developments can often seem irrelevant when dealing with the big security questions. The answer would seem to be that most of the big failures occurred when DARPA entered the realm of political warfare when used as a tool in some of the more dubious wars of the United States, such as Vietnam and the ongoing "forever war" with an intractable Muslim world. Even the most elegant technological solutions (and DARPA has had its share of clunkers over the years) will not save one from an ill-chosen contest where there was always a low chance of success. As one disgruntled DARPA manager critical of this book noted at Amazon, those sort of mistakes get deservedly hung on the politicians. Still, I thought this book was worth reading and I suspect that it's about as good an account as one is going to get of the agency at the current time.… (més)
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Shrike58 | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | May 12, 2019 |
Reads a little like a textbook, but not bad. Just not enough to hold my attention after having read another DARPA book.
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stephenkoplin | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jun 26, 2017 |
Weinberger provides an captivating window into the tangled world of defense research. Fears of adversaries developing a technological advantage, hope for radical scientific break-throughs, and secrecy combine to create a wilderness of mirrors where millions of dollars can be spent on a concept that has no clear scientific support.
 
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JLHeim | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Sep 21, 2014 |

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ISBN
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