Moon Bases In Two Future Histories

In Robert Heinlein's "The Long Watch," there is a UN Moon Base. In Poul Anderson's "Un-Man," there are UN Moon bases.

"'The Inspectorate is supposed to tell the U.N. Moon bases where to plant their rocket bombs; the Service tries to make bombardment unnecessary by forestalling hostile action.'" (VII, p. 52)

The Patrol does the same job in the Future History. "The Long Watch" is about a hero of the Patrol who dies to prevent a coup.

Which makes more sense? To disarm all nuclear weapons or to monopolize them, then to bombard any country that threatens global peace?

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"If This Goes On -" refers back to a World War III, an important event not mentioned in the Time Chart, but also refers to the Federation, the UN-derived planetary government dating from the first interplanetary period which prevents wars by monopolizing nuclear weapons. When the Angels are overthrown, Heinlein conveys revolutionary turmoil: argument in the constitutional convention; the Onward Christian Soldiers' resentment of the timing of the Cabal's insurrection. The Prophets had seceded from the Federation. The latter does not immediately recognize the new regime and will not authorize nuclear weapons to end a civil war. Thus, in a few background-establishing sentences, Heinlein contextualizes the Second American Revolution. The UN had established the Patrol and become the Federation which will oppress the Families (see below) but will, according to the Time Chart, be succeeded by a mature culture.
-copied from here.