The RAND Corporation (1989-2009): the reconfiguration of strategic studies in the United States

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this book shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and accurately illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called "defense intellectuals" such as the RAND Corporation. Indeed, RAND as the quintessential Cold War think tank provides a fruitful illustration of the difficult adaptation of American strategic studies in the last two decades. INDICE: PART I: THE INVARIANTS OF THE MILITARY INTELLECTUAL FIELD.The Inheritance of a Technicist Ideology .The Competitive Dynamics of the Strategic Field .PART II: REWRITING THE AMERICAN MILITARY DOCTRINE.Transformations in the Defense Department .The Work of Legitimizing Political Agendas .PART III: THE EMISSARIES OF AMERICAN MILITARY THOUGHT .An Exemplary Regionalization of American Politics .The International Distribution of American Sciences of Government .Conclusion: The Disenchantment of Strategists?

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34092-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido