Introduction : hearts, minds, and militarization -- Creating the gray area : scholars, soldiers, and national security -- A democracy of experts : knowledge and politics in the military-industrial-academic complex -- Deeper shades of gray : ambition and deception in Project Camelot -- From democratic experts to "automatic cold warriors" : dismantling the gray area in the Vietnam era -- Fade to black : the enduring warfare state -- Epilogue : militarization without end?