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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JEAN-LOUP SAMAAN is a Professor of Strategic Studies at the NATO Defense College, Italy. A former strategic analyst at the French Ministry of Defense, he holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris La Sorbonne. He has been a visiting scholar at the RAND Corporation and Duke University and is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

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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?