Smith, Bruce L. R.
BRUCE L. R. SMITH, a retired Brookings Scholar and Columbia University professor of political science, is currently affiliated with the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including American Science Policy since World War II, The RAND Corporation, and The Advisers: Scientists in the Policy Process.
After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as a key player in the reconstruction of Europe. He was one of the supporting cast of less well-known wise men and women whose work made possible the accomplishments of the more renowned “Wise Men” of the twentieth century....