Pieces of the Action

Vannevar Bush's 1970 memoir documenting his role directing American science during World War II — including the coordination of the Manhattan Project and radar development — and making the case for the OSRD model of government-funded university research.

Documents the management of large-scale scientific projects under wartime pressure — the coordination of thousands of scientists across multiple universities and secret labs — making it the primary account of how American science won World War II.