The Limits of Safety : : Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons / / Scott Douglas Sagan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sagan, Scott Douglas,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; 177
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.) :; 8 figs. 5 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Acronyms --; Introduction. Expecting the Unexpected --; Chapter 1. The Origins of Accidents --; Chapter 2. Nuclear Weapons Safety during the Cuban Missile Crisis --; Chapter 3. Intelligence and Warning during the Cuban Missile Crisis --; Chapter 4. Redundancy and Reliability: The 1968 Thule Bomber Accident --; Chapter 5. Learning by Trial and Terror --; Chapter 6. The Limits of Safety --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691213064; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691213064?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Scott Douglas Sagan.

Environmental tragedies such as Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez remind us that catastrophic accidents are always possible in a world full of hazardous technologies. Yet, the apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. In this provocative book, Scott Sagan challenges such optimism. Sagan's research into formerly classified archives penetrates the veil of safety that has surrounded U.S. nuclear weapons and reveals a hidden history of frightening "close calls" to disaster.