Sample Chapter: The Human Cost of Staying First

Contrasting Fates Determined by Radio Intelligence (1941-1943)

The Invisible Battlefield Emerges (1903-1905)

Vice Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō (1903)

First Wartime Radio Traffic Analysis (1904)

The Forgotten Best Seller (1909)

A Pattern of Thinking Emerges

Critical New Technology: Radio (1903-1943)

Second Invisible Battleground Emerges (1949)

Necessity Influences Computing Architecture (1948)

The “Revolutionizers” (1952)

The NOBUS Doctrine Becomes Known (2013-2014)

The First CRAY-1s: Three Machines That Changed Everything (1976-1977)

Serial 1: Bragging Rights (1976)

Serial 2: Codebreaking for Signals Intelligence (1976)

Serial 3: Instant Profit or Instant Bust (1977)

Human Cost Induces “Wizard Thinking”

Connecting the Invisible Threads

Summary