Military, Scientific, and Technological
These two books address the threat of nuclear war, and, in particular, the possibility and morality of second-strike capability.
A new book from Van Creveld is always something to be savored. There have been many previous histories of airpower, but none so comprehensive and sensitive to context as this one.
In Triumph Revisited, Wiest and Doidge explain why the standard explanations for the United States' failure in Vietnam -- its exaggerated Cold War fears, its hopeless client, and its incoherent strategy -- remain compelling. Anderson, who contributes a fair and considered chapter to Triumph Revisited, is also the editor of The Columbia History of the Vietnam War.
