The Limits of Safety : : Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons / / 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 n...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 p.) :; 8 figs. 5 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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