Neuroscience and National Security Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense. Jonathan D. Moreno. Dana Press. 210 pages; index; $23.95.
By James Jay Carafano
In a memorable 1961 speech, President Dwight D. Elsenhower warned Americans, "The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." Eisenhower feared that excessive defense spending might lead to a cabal of collusion among defense industries, the Pentagon and big government who would make decisions that suited them best, undermining democracy. In short, they might use the pursuit of making Americans safer to do all kinds of ill. In Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense …