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America’s First Dual-Use Technology (Part II)
The Real Origin Story of the Modern Military-Industrial Complex
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Madeline Zimmerman
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February 2024

America’s First Dual-Use Technology
The Real Origin Story of the Modern Military-Industrial Complex
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Madeline Zimmerman
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Yes, we still need the military
Even if we don't have nation states.
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January 2024

Standing Up Space Force, Book Review
Whoever said “space is hard” should try government bureaucracy.
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Madeline Zimmerman
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December 2023

Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairings
This is my favorite way to read
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Madeline Zimmerman
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Rejecting Our Faustian Bargain
We cannot allow innovation to be driven exclusively by crisis.
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Madeline Zimmerman
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November 2023

The Economics of National Security: Air Strikes in Vietnam
Proving causality is really hard
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Madeline Zimmerman
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What would Vannevar Bush look like today?
As the role of government in innovation changed, so did our attitudes towards innovators.
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Madeline Zimmerman

October 2023

American Power Was Built on Cost Overruns
The construction of the Pentagon during WWII has lessons for today.
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Madeline Zimmerman
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Banished Heroes
Our best military heroes were rebels. It's time we honor that.
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Madeline Zimmerman
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A Brief History of Submarine-Launched Nukes
The United States beating the Soviets to the first operational ballistic missile submarine is as much a story of bureaucratic innovation as…
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Madeline Zimmerman

August 2023

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