Failsafe [Hardcover] BURDICK & WHEELER

Description

Dust jacket included. Stamp on first few pages. Cover has normal wear. Pages are clean. Binding is secure.

This well-preserved copy of “Failsafe” by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler offers a gripping glimpse into the Cold War era’s nuclear anxieties. Published in 1962, just a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of atomic catastrophe, this chilling thriller explores the terrifying consequences of a technological glitch that nearly triggers an all-out nuclear exchange between the United States and Soviet Union. Burdick and Wheeler’s taut, realistic prose and intricate plotting have earned “Failsafe” a place among the most influential and celebrated novels of its genre. This hardcover edition, with its original dust jacket intact, represents a compelling artifact from a time when the threat of mutually assured destruction loomed large in the public consciousness. For collectors and readers alike, it provides a window into a pivotal period in 20th-century history while delivering a suspenseful, thought-provoking tale that still resonates today.