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Let Me Explain|David G. Fubini

Let Me Explain : Eugene G. Fubini's Life in Defense of America

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There is no necessary relationship between fame and power, and great influence is often wielded in willful obscurity. So it was with the irascible, indomitable Eugene Fubini. A physics prodigy who fled Italy when the fascists came to power, his searing intelligence and relentless determination lifted him from obscurity to the highest levels of the Pentagon. Indifferent to anything but results, Fubini worked behind the scenes to shape the strategy and substance of his adopted country's post-World War II defense. Along the way he exerted enormous influence over the development of radar, the rise of the military-industrial complex, the Space Race, and many of the other signature events and movements of mid-twentieth-century American geopolitics.Forewords by Harold Brown, PhD, Former United States Secretary of Defense, and William James Perry, PhD, Former United States Secretary of Defense.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781632930729
  • ISBN-10: 1632930722
  • Publisher: Sunstone Press
  • Publish Date: June 2015
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.72 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.04 pounds
  • Page Count: 320

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