{"product_id":"fail-safe-9780880016544","title":"Fail Safe","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomething has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination -- Moscow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, \"I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev.\" Not far away, in the War Room at the Pentagon, the secretary of defense and his aides watch with growing anxiety as the luminous blips crawl across a huge screen map. High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator bomber, a colonel stares in disbelief at the attack code number on his fail-safe box and wonders if it could possibly be a mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1962, when America was still reeling from the Cuban missle crisis, \u003cem\u003eFail-Safe\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the apocalyptic attitude that pervaded society during the height of the Cold War, when disaster could have struck at any moment. As more countries develop nuclear capabilities and the potential for new enemies lurks on the horizon, \u003cem\u003eFail-Safe\u003c\/em\u003e and its powerful issues continue to respond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurdick, Eugene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEugene Burdick (1918-1965) taught at the University of California at Berkely and was chairman of the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. Among his many books is \u003cem\u003eThe Ugly American\u003c\/em\u003e, the internationally famous novel written with Bill Lederer.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWheeler, Harvey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Wheeler has been a professor of political philosophy at several institutions, including Harvard and Johns Hopkins. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eEducare\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of the Elders\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel. He currently lives in Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675108315410,"sku":"9780880016544","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f1e76c4-4a2a-45d0-96c4-6a1e4158a91f.jpg?v=1733871893","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fail-safe-9780880016544","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}