What is a "security and international affairs think tank"? -- What is "expertise"? -- What is "security studies"? -- What is security expertise? -- Methodology -- Think tank trends and regional breakdown by security FOCI -- Case studies -- Conclusions and areas for future resear…
Introduction: Engineering the bubble -- Going critical : technoscience, the Cold War, and the Pittsburgh Renaissance -- Research and Renaissance : renewing the city for scientists -- The invention of research man -- The Monroeville doctrine : how the suburbs shaped Cold War scie…
What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become "the next Silicon Valle…
Private knowledge: American missionaries, the inquiry, and the First World War in the Middle East, 1917-1922 -- Wartime expertise: the Office of Strategic Services, the Army Specialized Training Program, and World War II in the Middle East, 1938-1945 -- A time of national emerge…
"America's Dream Palace examines the relationship between U.S. foreign policy and the origins and expansion of Middle East studies and expertise from World War I to the Global War on Terror. It analyzes the transition from the private knowledge of American missionaries and Orien…
