Not a book, and not Cold War, but I think this talk does a good job outlining just how much of the silicon revolution came directly from WW2 military research.

Not a book, and not Cold War, but I think this talk does a good job outlining just how much of the silicon revolution came directly from WW2 military research. It also does a decent job of explaining how technologically advanced the aerial part of that war really was. https://youtu.be/ZTC_RxWN_xo https://youtu.be/ZTC_RxWN_xo