This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought about.
Addressing all those interested in the history of American science and concerned with its future, a leading scholar of public policy explains how and why the Office of Naval Research became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Harv…
Explains how and why the ONR became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities. Sapolsky (public policy and organization, MIT) shows that the ONR functioned as a "surrogate national science foundation" between 1946 and 1950 and argues tha…