It's a book from the late 80's methinks, about the pitfalls that governments an militaries relying on advanced technology and their tendancy to ignore or refute older passed-buy techs, either by supplier suggestion or the percieved fad for the 'newest, biggest, fastest, most expensive' etc, generally it is connected to the US perspective and its military industrial set up with regards to 'Star Wars' and USAAF/SAC IBM ICBM projects.