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Book Review of Fail Safe

Fail Safe
Fail Safe
Author: Eugene Burdick
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Substores
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


This book was published soon after the Cuban Missile crisis, and highlighted some of the serious fears that were going through American's heads. This book is based on one of the major fears,which was a fear of "accidental" bombings, or attacks. And, that accidental attack in the book is a result of another of the fears, which was that computers controlled too much, and that there was too much room for error. The reasons in this book really made it seem more realistic, and it made it chilling to think that the same could very well happen today.