The Limits of Safety
Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons
Seiten
1995
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02101-0 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02101-0 (ISBN)
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. This book challenges such optimism.
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.
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.
Scott D. Sagan, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, is the author of Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security (Princeton).
List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroduction: Expecting the Unexpected3Ch. 1The Origins of Accidents11Ch. 2Nuclear Weapons Safety during the Cuban Missile Crisis53Ch. 3Intelligence and Warning during the Cuban Missile Crisis117Ch. 4Redundancy and Reliability: The 1968 Thule Bomber Accident156Ch. 5Learning by Trial and Terror204Ch. 6The Limits of Safety250Index281
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.1.1995 |
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Reihe/Serie | Princeton Studies in International History and Politics |
Zusatzinfo | 8 figs. 5 tables |
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 197 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 425 g |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-02101-5 / 0691021015 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-02101-0 / 9780691021010 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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