Author: William J. Broad
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter reveals how the father of the H-bomb sold the nation the pipe dream called Star Wars. Broad shows how Teller disregarded evidence, ignored colleagues, and continued to promote the Star Wars program. Ultimately, more than $25 billion was misspent on this system, still more a dream than reality. Photographs and line drawings.