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The Limits of Safety Nuclear Weapons Scott D. Sagan by Author HC Book With DJ
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Product Type
- Hardcover
- Educational Level
- High School
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780691032214
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691032211
ISBN-13
9780691032214
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2115860
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
308 Pages
Publication Name
Limits of Safety : Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Subject
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
93-012196
Reviews
"Important and refreshing . . . ranges from the general theory of accidents to how-to-do-it suggestions for any nation's nuclear planners. It is a skilful blending of social, physical, organizational and military science and is highly recommended to readers in all four fields." --David L. Sills, Nature, "An extraordinary book.... Normal accidents theory and high reliability theory took the theory of accidents out of the hands of economists and engineers and put it into the hands of organization theorists; Sagan has brought that theory of accidents much closer to maturity."-- Charles Perrow, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, "Sagan's stories also drive a wooden stake through the heart of rational choice nuclear deterrence theory. This book will make you scared ... will make you hold your children a little tighter at the end of the day."-- Lee Clarke, Sociological Forum, Sagan's stories also drive a wooden stake through the heart of rational choice nuclear deterrence theory. This book will make you scared ... will make you hold your children a little tighter at the end of the day. ---Lee Clarke, Sociological Forum, "Sagan shows, both explicitly for nuclear weapons and implicitly for intellectual systems, that neither learning nor disasters are essentially matters of improving O-rings, safety procedures, or t -tests, as participants within those systems would like to believe. The primary adaptive action is offstage--in the background framework itself. And at that level, through sheer volume of its data, Sagan's book will shape the way that policymakers and we (with a little less confidence) understand the nuclear world." -- Contemporary Sociology, Winner of the 1993 Best Book Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies Section of the American Political Science Association, "Sagan's stories also drive a wooden stake through the heart of rational choice nuclear deterrence theory. This book will make you scared ... will make you hold your children a little tighter at the end of the day." --Lee Clarke, Sociological Forum, Scott Sagan's book is nothing less than a tour de force.... It is by far the most carefully researched and painstaking study of nuclear weapons safety ever written. ---Bruce G. Blair, Security Studies, "An extraordinary book.... Normal accidents theory and high reliability theory took the theory of accidents out of the hands of economists and engineers and put it into the hands of organization theorists; Sagan has brought that theory of accidents much closer to maturity." --Charles Perrow, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, "Grounded in original research in U.S. national security archives, [ Limits of Safety ] reveals a disturbing history of near-catastrophes in the handling of nuclear weapons and bombers. . . . This book is a significant contribution to . . . international security studies, organizational theory, and risk analysis."-- American Political Science Review, "Grounded in original research in U.S. national security archives, [ Limits of Safety ] reveals a disturbing history of near-catastrophes in the handling of nuclear weapons and bombers. . . . This book is a significant contribution to . . . international security studies, organizational theory, and risk analysis." -- American Political Science Review, "Sagan shows, both explicitly for nuclear weapons and implicitly for intellectual systems, that neither learning nor disasters are essentially matters of improving O-rings, safety procedures, or t -tests, as participants within those systems would like to believe. The primary adaptive action is offstage--in the background framework itself. And at that level, through sheer volume of its data, Sagan's book will shape the way that policymakers and we (with a little less confidence) understand the nuclear world."-- Contemporary Sociology, "An extraordinary book.... Normal accidents theory and high reliability theory took the theory of accidents out of the hands of economists and engineers and put it into the hands of organization theorists; Sagan has brought that theory of accidents much closer to maturity." ---Charles Perrow, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, "Scott Sagan's book is nothing less than a tour de force.... It is by far the most carefully researched and painstaking study of nuclear weapons safety ever written." --Bruce G. Blair, Security Studies, "Sagan's stories also drive a wooden stake through the heart of rational choice nuclear deterrence theory. This book will make you scared ... will make you hold your children a little tighter at the end of the day." ---Lee Clarke, Sociological Forum, Sagan shows, both explicitly for nuclear weapons and implicitly for intellectual systems, that neither learning nor disasters are essentially matters of improving O-rings, safety procedures, or t -tests, as participants within those systems would like to believe. The primary adaptive action is offstage--in the background framework itself. And at that level, through sheer volume of its data, Sagan's book will shape the way that policymakers and we (with a little less confidence) understand the nuclear world., "Scott Sagan's book is nothing less than a tour de force.... It is by far the most carefully researched and painstaking study of nuclear weapons safety ever written."-- Bruce G. Blair, Security Studies, Grounded in original research in U.S. national security archives, [ Limits of Safety ] reveals a disturbing history of near-catastrophes in the handling of nuclear weapons and bombers. . . . This book is a significant contribution to . . . international security studies, organizational theory, and risk analysis., "Scott Sagan's book is nothing less than a tour de force.... It is by far the most carefully researched and painstaking study of nuclear weapons safety ever written." ---Bruce G. Blair, Security Studies, An extraordinary book.... Normal accidents theory and high reliability theory took the theory of accidents out of the hands of economists and engineers and put it into the hands of organization theorists; Sagan has brought that theory of accidents much closer to maturity. ---Charles Perrow, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
53
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
U264.3.S24 1993
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