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Scoop Jackson

DoD programs are over-analyzed, yet decisions remain superficial and shallow

January 12, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

I drop you into an exchange between Senator Scoop Jackson and Alain Enthoven, ASD Systems Analysis and one of McNamara’s ‘whiz kids,’ in a 1967 […]

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