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The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

Sagan, Scott Douglas

Paperback

Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, Book 53

General World HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0691021015
ISBN13: 9780691021010
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Jan 29 1995
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.09 Depth: 9.27
Language: English

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.

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