1 Table of Contents: “... -- The Rise of the Machines: 1918 – 1941 -- Battle Against the Machines: World War II 1939 – 1945...”

2 “... the publication of Joseph Schumpeter's 1954 monumental History of Economic Analysis. Shortly after World War II...”

3 “...Operations Research emerged as a quantitative approach to problem-solving in World War II. Its...”

4 “...-World War II era of unprecedented growth and prosperity, the social contract between citi­ zens...”

5 “...Shortly after the end of World War II high-speed digital computing machines were being developed...”