{"product_id":"the-warhead-the-quest-to-build-the-perfect-weapon-in-the-age-of-modern-warfare-hardcover","title":"The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey E. Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe 15:17 to Paris, \u003c\/i\u003ean affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaveway, the first \"smart\" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Warhead\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffrey Stern tells the story of Paveway through the lives of seven interconnected stories. They're stories of Nazis, Kennedys, Operation Paperclip, and Walt Disney; of the Apollo mission and the space shuttle \u003ci\u003eChallenger \u003c\/i\u003edisaster. Paveway inadvertently sparked the personal computing revolution and the adoption of GPS, it ushered in the era of modern warfare, and it shows up at critical historical moments throughout the last half century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once revelatory and deeply human, \u003ci\u003eThe Warhead\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the complicated truth behind one of the most significant weapons of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eE. Stern\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe 15:17 to Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted as a major motion picture by Clint Eastwood and Warner Brothers, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thousand: One School's Promise in a Nation at War\u003c\/i\u003e, an honorable mention for Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been named a graduate fellow at the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation and a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Stern's reporting has appeared in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.43 x 9.17 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53256907456845,"sku":"9781524746421","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Rm-cVArf949781524746421.webp?v=1769597541","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-warhead-the-quest-to-build-the-perfect-weapon-in-the-age-of-modern-warfare-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}