01305nam a22002177a 4500 20211120114803.0 211119b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0691021015 Al Eng 23 363.17 SAGL Scott D Sagan 10724 Limits of safety organizations accidents and nuclear weapons Princeton Princeton University Press 1995 xvi,286p. PB 23x14.5cm. 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. Nuclear weapons--United States--Safety measures 10691 Nuclear weapons--Accidents--United States 10692 SAGAN (Scott D) 10693 ddc GF 220701 220701 0 0 ddc 0 0 SW AL AL 2013-03-24 0 363.17 SAGL GF00541 2021-11-19 00:00:00 0.00 2021-11-19 GF