Praise for The Warhead: "Jeff Stern tells this sweeping, complex, and important story with novelistic immediacy and detail. From harrowing bombing runs over Hanoi to the chilling remote-control strikes of the 21st Century, he traces the evolution of the smart bomb, its development and its uses, through the lives of those who built it, struggled to stop it, and who suffered its effects. Stern knows how to tell a story, and this one is remarkable in its ambition and scope." -- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War "The Warhead is a masterclass in reported history: intimate, fast-moving, and morally consequential. Stern moves seamlessly from the lab to the battlefield, uncovering how people, technologies, and choices intertwine across decades. The question he poses -- whether war drives invention or invention drives war -- will stay with you long after the last page." -- Rick Stengel, former Undersecretary of State and New York Times bestselling author "Jeffrey Stern's page-turning book The Warhead takes the reader on a fast-paced journey as individuals working for defense contractors manufacture new laser and GPS satellite-guided weapons capable of knocking out seemingly invincible military objectives and dictator's strongholds. Particularly moving are the sections covering pilot Joe Kennedy's final World War II mission attempting to blast Hitler's secret bunker and Lieutenant Colonel Rick Hilton's efforts to destroy a key river bridge in Vietnam known as Dragon's Jaw.

Stern smartly pulls in the human element to connect the backdrop of political and military planning that unfold with each story in The Warhead . Highly recommended reading." -- Stephen L. Moore, author of Fighting Fifteen.