How reason almost lost its mind : the strange career of Cold War rationality / Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, and Michael D. Gordin.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-249) and index.

Introduction: the struggle over Cold War rationality -- Enlightenment reason, Cold War rationality, and the rule of rules -- The bounded rationality of Cold War operations research -- Saving the planet from nuclear weapons and the human mind -- "The situation" in the Cold War behavioral sciences -- World in a matrix -- The collapse of Cold War rationality -- Epilogue: Cold War rationality after the Cold War.