Politics & Social Issues - Fiction, Thrillers, War & Military Fiction
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Overview
A gripping novel about a world faced with nuclear disaster, first published in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. As more countries develop nuclear capabilities, the issues raised in this compelling thriller are as timely today as ever.Editorials
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Norman Cousins noted in Saturday Review that the novel is "less about an ultimate war between one nation and another than it is about the ultimate war between man and his machines. . . . The book becomes an essay on man--and a powerful one. It indicates that as man has gone up in the order of power he has gone down in the order of control." When Cousins asked the author if this kind of accident was possible, Burdick replied: "I believe it to be inevitable under the present circumstances. That is why [Harvey Wheeler and I] wrote this book. I don't know of a scientist who has a direct knowledge of `fail-safe' who isn't worried."Book Details
Published
October 1, 1996
Publisher
Amereon Ltd
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780848804374