It was an amazing book when it came out, considering the period. I read it while serving in the military and I had walked, driven or flown over most of the W. German battlefields in here. At the time, the technology was cutting edge but not now. I'd be interested to know if someone reading it for the first time now found it good or too dated. Kinda need the Cold War context to make it exciting. For the time, it was a very plausible way to start the big one.