Holy crap. This book was like a fire hose of information. I didn't realize how big this book was going to be and how much was going to be in it. I would read one section and forget what I read becusee so much was packed in. He went on to explaining almost every freaking conflict and how it connects to this and this and this budget here helped with this and it catalyzed this. Now their research is impeccable as a third of their book is references, notes, index, etc. They knew what they were talking about and made sure to have all the facts straight. But to me it's kind of easy to get that the military and astrophysics are connected because they need the scientists to create the weapons they have in space. I don't know it was just way too much information and a major let down for me.