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“A riveting reminder of how hard protecting our nation’s security can be, and how much depends on the ingenuity of a select few. A must-read.” —Walter Isaacson, author of the New York Times bestselling biographies Steve Jobs and Elon Musk For readers of books like Chris Miller’s Chip War, David Sanger’s Perfect Weapon, and Christian Brose’s Kill Chain, an insider’s account of the formation of a new unit at the Pentagon, the Defense Innovation Unit, which is introducing a warfare transformation as profound as the invention of gun powder or nuclear weapons.

Raj M. Shah is a serial technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and former director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit. He is currently the managing partner of Shield Capital, an investment firm focused on technologies at the nexus of commercial and national security applications. He started his career as an F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard and continues to serve part time. He obtained an AB degree from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.