Guest writing for Slate Magazine, Jacobsen picks five books that go behind the myths of America’s most cryptic location. They include, Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth, by Edward Lovick, Jr.; The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe; Scream of Eagles, by Robert K. Wilcox; The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells; A Nuclear Family Vacation, by Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger.