The Unreliable Nation: Hostile Nature and Technological Failure in the Cold War.

摘要

The Unreliable Nation is a well-written, well-researched, and welcome addition to the growing body of literature that brings together the history of technology and environmental history. The book stands out for its sophisticated thesis, which views historical conceptions of technology, nature, and national identity through the lens of technological failure-not the failure of technological innovations, such as AT&T's picture phone in the 1960s, but the failure of machines to function as they were intended to function.