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Why Buy a Stone Ax?

Robert A. Heinlein

First published July 2011
Type Essay

One of the half-dozen "worldsaver" articles written immediately after World War II, critiquing the military's reliance on old technology and observing that we could not afford to fight the last war next time. Never before published, but one slogan from this article became well-known: "The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2011 Cover The Nonfiction of Robert Heinlein: Volume I The Virginia Edition Nonfiction 169