Rhodes’ two books and all the info on the spies was where I got most of my info from, he spent a LOT of time in “Dark Sun” on it, almost too much.
I suppose he had to come up with enough material for the sequel. If you take out the spying, there isn't a whole lot left.
The Biggest surprise I got from "Dark Sun, the Making of the Hydrogen bomb" was that Curtis LeMay was very close to committing Treason, if he didn't actually cross the line.
It's astonishing that he was ordering flights over the Soviet Union and not informing the President about them. It actually caused a pretty serious incident when Eisenhower was made to look foolish as a result.
But I find myself agreeing with Curtis LeMay's assessment. We should have hit the communists back in the early fifties and avoided all the potential dangers we subsequently faced.