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- catalog abstract ""Whole World on Fire focuses on a technical riddle wrapped in an organizational mystery: How and why, for more than half a century, did the U.S. government fail to predict nuclear fire damage as it drew up plans to fight strategic nuclear war?" "Whole World on Fire shows how well-funded and highly professional organizations, by focusing on what they do well and systematically excluding what they don't do well, may build a poor representation of the world - a self-reinforcing fallacy that can have serious consequences. In a sweeping conclusion, Eden shows the implications of this analysis for understanding such things as the sinking of the Titanic, the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the poor fireproofing in the World Trade Center."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13076909.
- catalog coverage "United States Military policy Decision making.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Whole World on Fire focuses on a technical riddle wrapped in an organizational mystery: How and why, for more than half a century, did the U.S. government fail to predict nuclear fire damage as it drew up plans to fight strategic nuclear war?" "Whole World on Fire shows how well-funded and highly professional organizations, by focusing on what they do well and systematically excluding what they don't do well, may build a poor representation of the world - a self-reinforcing fallacy that can have serious consequences. In a sweeping conclusion, Eden shows the implications of this analysis for understanding such things as the sinking of the Titanic, the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the poor fireproofing in the World Trade Center."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-355) and index.".
- catalog description "Understanding nuclear weapons effects -- Constructing destruction, 1940-1961 -- Predicting the unpredictable? 1955-2003.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 365 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801435781 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cornell studies in security affairs".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Military policy Decision making.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "355.02/17/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Nuclear mass fires.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare Planning.".
- catalog subject "Organizational behavior United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Science Social aspects United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "UA23 .E34 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Understanding nuclear weapons effects -- Constructing destruction, 1940-1961 -- Predicting the unpredictable? 1955-2003.".
- catalog title "Whole world on fire : organizations, knowledge, and nuclear weapons devastation / Lynn Eden.".
- catalog type "text".