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Stark Draper, who runs the big missile lab at M.I.T. and who invented inertial guidance and so on, says publicly, and he’s told me privately, that he doesn’t see any purpose in security classifications—because he says the only effect is to prevent American scientists from communicating adequately.

Peter Mitchell • Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky

Operating with a modest initial budget of $15,000, Senator Truman ingeniously augmented its resources by appealing directly to the American public via CBS Radio, encouraging citizens to report any defense-related waste they observed in their communities. These citizen letters became a routine and valuable starting point for the committee's... See more

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The retired general Colin Powell, for instance, a veteran of both Bush administrations, argued that “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”

Jane Mayer • Dark Money

The Reagan strategy mandated staffing reduction targets to force process changes in the bureaucracy. This was a different approach than the REGO I strategy, and apparently more effective. The Reagan priorities called for strengthening the defense and foreign policy establishments. It is interesting that HUD appears on both the Reagan and Clinton

In fact the unions at Eastern cared much less about their position against American than about their position against their own sister company. Planes, people, routes, and a vital computer network had all been plucked from Eastern for Continental’s benefit, reducing jobs, promotion opportunities, and the asset base on which Eastern might hope to

Thomas Petzinger Jr. • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos

La défense des droits des investisseurs a été pour les intellectuels néolibéraux un combat de la première heure, qu’ils ont mené dès les années 1920 avec leurs partenaires de la CCI. Présenté comme une défense du caractère sacré de la propriété, leur engagement a davantage consisté en une défense de la mobilité des capitaux. Ils ne se battaient pas

Quinn Slobodian • Les Globalistes: Une histoire intellectuelle du néolibéralisme (French Edition)

But analysts in the Navy’s official think tank came up with a new strategic idea: finite deterrence . All the U.S. needed, they argued, was enough nuclear weapons to destroy the 100 largest cities in the Soviet Union; this could be done with a mere 640 mis -siles in 40 submarines

Asterisk Magazine Issue 01 Inaugural Issue

Ce chapitre s’intéresse à un épisode particulier et peu connu, celui du rôle joué par les intellectuels néolibéraux pour faire échouer l’Organisation internationale du commerce, l’institution qui devait compléter le système de Bretton Woods, ainsi que dans la rédaction des premiers projets, après la guerre, d’une loi internationale sur les