The best-laid schemes
Subtitle: a tale of social research and bureaucracy
By: by Seymour J. Deitchman
Publisher: Marine Corps University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Quantico, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Social sciences; Research; Politics and government
Description: "Offers a personal account by a responsible participant of the fiasco which resulted from the U.S. government's efforts in the mid-1960s to sponsor social science research as an aid to the waging of counterinsurgency warfare"--
Notes: Originally published: Cambridge : MIT Press, 1976.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: Antecedents; title: Social science to the rescue; title: A system of ethics and values; title: The scene; title: The foundation; title: Bureaucratic interactions and attitudes; title: The DSB study; title: The wheels start turning; title: The Army moves out smartly; title: The tip of the iceberg; title: The press has a field day; title: The DOD puts its house in order; title: State seeks control; title: Congress becomes interested; title: Social science has second thoughts; title: Return with a low profile; title: Estrangement from the university community; title: Working within constraints; title: "Technical" problems; title: Who will buy my wares; title: Of time and tide; title: "What have you learned."