Weapons of mass destruction threat and response

Table of Contents: “…Lessons of the next nuclear war -- The second coming of the nuclear age -- The new threat of mass destruction -- Sanctions of mass destruction -- Star wars strikes back -- The folly of arms control -- China: the forgotten nuclear power -- The nightmare of bioterrorism -- Lost in space -- Preparing for the next attack…”

U.S. defense policy

Table of Contents: “…Forces : Challenges Ahead -- Our Overstuffed Armed Forces -- A Revolution in Warfare -- A Post-Heroic Military Policy -- Transforming the Military -- Defense's Death Spiral : The Increasing Irrelevance of More Spending -- Star Wars Strikes Back -- Defending America in the 21st Century -- The Nightmare of Bioterrorism -- Keeping America's Military Edge -- Lost in Space -- The Misguided Drive Toward Antisatellite Weapons…”

Seeing further the story of science, discovery, and the genius of the Royal Society

Table of Contents: “…At the beginning : more things in heaven and earth / James Gleick -- Of the madness of mad scientists : Jonathan Swift's grand academy / Margaret Atwood -- Lost in space : the spiritual crisis of Newtonian cosmology / Margaret Wertheim -- Atoms of cognition : metaphysics in the Royal Society 1715-2010 / Neal Stephenson -- What's in a name? …”