You need to meet Dr. Travis Taylor.
Rocket scientist, geek, martial artist, gun nut, patriot, and SF Author.
Sort of the exact opposite of Arthur C. Clarke. He think we need to be able blow ‘em up REAL GOOD!
Arthur C. Clarke is a wonderful SciFi & popular science writer but as is the norm for UK intellectuals he is your typical Fabian socialist(particularly true of the early to mid-20th Century!). I define Fabian socialists as the “This-Time-Socialism-Wil-Be-Different!” crowd.