Cult of the Irrelevant The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security |
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| Author:
| Desch, Michael C. |
| Series title: | Princeton Studies in International History and Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-22899-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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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
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