The Warhead - The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare

From award-winning journalist and coauthor of

Paveway, 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.

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At once revelatory and deeply human,

About the author

Jeffrey E. Stern is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books, including The 15:17 to Paris, which was adapted as a major motion picture by Clint Eastwood and Warner Brothers, and The Last Thousand: One School’s Promise in a Nation at War, an honorable mention for Best Book of the Year by Library Journal. He has been named a graduate fellow at the Stanford Center for International Conflict and Negotiation and a grantee of the Pulitzer Center Fellow for Crisis Reporting. Stern’s reporting has appeared in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Stern, Jeffrey E Stern, Stern Jeffrey, Stern Jeffrey E.
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.01.2026
• EAN: 9781524746421
• ISBN: 978-1-5247-4642-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Weapons & equipment, Ordnance, weapons technology, Weapons and equipment, Military engineering