if you know anything about the publishing business, jonathan siegel, his authors have 6 or 7 pulitzers to their credit, probably going to disappoint this one. john was a wonderful editor who did marvelous things, was very nice to me and patient. the teams of the book, several themes. number one, war as we knew it, as i knew it, is changing. war and technology have always gone together. it is critical to soldiers. there is a big chasm between the american military and american people. you are saying really? not only that, our political leaders. some of the sub themes, there is unfettered technology innovation, has some downsides, this from a lifelong geek. we were often as i said militaristic, arrogant about our technologies and arms control is hugely important. we are mesmerized by war, we are mesmerized by technology. steel, gunpowder, stealth technology, nuclear weapons, the computer, the internet, it was not al gore who invented the internet, it was the defense advanced projects research agency. all these things encourage technology and technology encourages the military. we are sed