Any of Freeman Dyson's books is worth a read from a library or by buying a undervalued copy. This book, "Weapons and Hope", is considered dated by some because it frames the arms control issues that faced the United states and Western Europe and The Soviet Union. This book offers great insight into the actual history of the time before World War II in Great Britain and a small insight into some of the operational analysis during the war.
Dyson can explain very well things as he sees them and find an approach to complex issues that is very interesting to follow.
Many people have lived long enough to see and learn that the actual history as it is reported after the fact sometimes fails to report the actual "feeling" of the times as it happened. That is a complex point to illuminate, so I will let Dyson do that work, if you can find the time to track down and read this book.
