Sharon Weinberger's new book, The Imagineers of War, provides a history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a technology research and development (R&D) agency at the Department of Defense. Her book is remarkably similar in structure and coverage to one published 18 months earlier by Annie Jacobsen, titled The Pentagon's Brain. Both books dwell on DARPA's early history, particularly the agency's founding after the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik and the agency's decadelong involvement in Vietnam. And both omit or skim some critical periods in DARPA's past that are necessary for understanding the organization's role in innovation today.
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机译：莎伦·温伯格（Sharon Weinberger）的新书《战争的想象者》（The Imagineers of War）提供了国防部高级研究计划局（DARPA）的历史，该局是国防部的技术研发（R＆D）机构。她的书在结构和覆盖范围上与18个月前安妮·雅各布森（Annie Jacobsen）出版的《五角大楼的大脑》非常相似。这两本书都讲述了DARPA的早期历史，特别是该机构在苏联发射人造卫星（Sputnik）后的成立以及该机构在越南的十年介入。而且，无论是忽略还是浏览DARPA过去的某些关键时期，对于理解组织在当今创新中的作用都是必不可少的。
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