Cult of the irrelevant: the waning influence of social science on national security
Auteur :
Desch, Michael C.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691228990
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2021
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How professionalization and scholarly "rigor" made social scientists increasingly irrelevant to US national security policyTo mobilize America's intellectual resources to meet the security challenges of the post-9/11 world, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates observed that "we must again embrace eggheads and ideas." But the gap between nati