In this book, "How We Saved Everyone's Ass", Mr. Slager recounts his experiences in the US defense business during the Cold War. He also describes  his experiences as a retired horseplayer, and how he became interested  in Taoism/Buddhism.   He then presents a logical new version of  Christianity/ Taoism/ Buddhism for Westerners, and uses numerous examples from modern science and technology to prove ancient principles, which are intended to be either be intuitively obvious, or easy for modern Western readers to understand.    The book "How We Saved Everyone's Ass",  is based on the example of Han Shan, the mystical Buddhist/Taoist hermit poet and philosopher who lived on Cold Mountain near Mt. Tientai  in today's Chekiang province sometime about 730 AD.