The Pentagon’s Brain, 9781804998830
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DARPA: Where science meets military, forging our future and fears.
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The Pentagon’s Brain

an uncensored history of darpa

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    560 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2026

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Summary

DARPA: The Pentagon’s Secret Weapon

The untold history of the Defense Department’s most secretive, powerful, and controversial military science R&D agency.

In this groundbreaking account, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen unveils the hidden world of DARPA, “the Pentagon’s brain.” Drawing on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos, Jacobsen traces DARPA’s evolution from its Cold War origins in 1958 to its present-day …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804998830
ISBN-10:1804998834
Author:Annie Jacobsen
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:11 May 2026
Weight:422g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 38mm
About The Author

Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen is the bestselling author of Nuclear War- A Scenario, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. A 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, her other books include Area 51, Operation Paperclip and Surprise, Kill, Vanish, and have been translated into 26 languages. She also writes and produces TV, including Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.

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