The Work of Legitimizing Political Agendas

  • Jean-Loup Samaan
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Abstract

When asked how RAND could fulfill the demands of both the US Air Force and the US Army despite the rivalry between both these corps of the armed forces, James Quinlivan, a RAND researcher since the 1970s, answers with a hint of a smile, “simply by not achieving it. Sometimes, I must say that our work resembles advocacy more than research.”1

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Notes

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