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  The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents and Nuclear Weapons (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Scott D. Sagan

  

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  Short Description for The Limits of SafetyThe 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.
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  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Published: 09 January 1995
  • Format: Paperback 302 pages
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  • Categories: Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | Arms Negotiation & Control | Nuclear Weapons | Nuclear Issues | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Military History | Safety In The Home
  • ISBN 13: 9780691021010 ISBN 10: 0691021015
  • Sales rank: 879,182

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• 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.