The RAND Corporation (1989-2009) : the reconfiguration of strategic studies in the United States
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The RAND Corporation (1989-2009) : the reconfiguration of strategic studies in the United States
（Sciences po series in international relations and political economy）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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La RAND Corporation (1989-2009) : la reconfiguration des savoirs stratégiques aux États-Unis
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Originally published: Paris : Harmattan, 2010
Includes index
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Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and 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.
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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?
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