James Mahaffey

Exciting and fluid historical perspective on the nuclear military and civilian sector from the perspective of someone in the business.

Soft on the contemporary technological developments in the field and the ethical balancing act that is at the core of this powerful tool.

Largely little-known stories centered around atomic technologies, entertainingly told with amusing style. What's not to like?

Not a great overall narrative, but his writing is funny and the individual stories are all well told, with enough engineering and science to keep it informative.

From the hubris of engineers to the foolishness of operators, this book is an easy-to-read and understand the history of the successes, failures and near misses of nuclear power generation, nuclear war-fighting, and the people involved.

Highly engaging, well written, and completely understandable by the average reader, Mr Mahaffey has done an admirable job of bringing the nuclear industry's mistakes to the regular reader.

Highly recommended.