Whole world on fire

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.

subjects: Organizational behavior,  Social aspects,  Science,  Nuclear mass fires,  Military policy,  Nuclear warfare,  Planning,  Case studies,  Social aspects of Science,  Decision making,  Science, social aspects,  United states, military policy,  Nuclear warfare--planning,  Organizational behavior--united states--case studies,  Science--social aspects,  Science--social aspects--united states--case studies,  Military policy--decision making,  Ua23 .e34 2004,  355.02/17/0973

Places: United States