Jon Winokur: The Portable Curmudgeon
"if you can't say anthing good about someone, sit right here by me." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (*****)
Tom Vanderbilt: Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America
Mark L. Morgan: Rings of Supersonic Steel: Air Defenses of the United States Army 1950-1974 - An Introductory History and Site Guide
Find nuclear missile sites in your neighborhood. (*****)
Henry E. Guerlac: Radar in World War II (The History of Modern Physics 1800-1950, Two volumes: Sect. A-C, and Sect. D-E w/ Appendices)
A very detailed history of the RAD Lab and those who worked on America's World War II radar program.
James N. Gibson: Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History
Learn to identify common nuclear weapons.
MICHAEL SCHEUER: Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
(*****)
Brian B. Chin: Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco in World War II
Read about the people who guarded the Golden Gate during World War II
Greg Palast: Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild
"Upsets all the Right People" - Noam Chomsky
Mark A. Berhow: American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 (Fortress, 4)
Richard A. Clarke: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
Read the book before the movie comes out. (****)
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