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Wheeler, John Harvey was born on October 17, 1918 in Waco, Texas, United States.
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Fail-Safe
(Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers arm...)
Something 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. In 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.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CLOHM/?tag=2022091-20
Democracy in a Revolutionary Era: The Political Order Today (A Center Occasional Paper)
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Fail Safe
( Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers a...)
Something 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. In 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. First published in 1962, when America was still reeling from the Cuban missle crisis, Fail-Safe 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, Fail-Safe and its powerful issues continue to respond.
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John Harvey Wheeler
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Indiana University, 1946. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950.
Career
Instructor department government, assistant director Summer School,, Harvard University, 1950;
assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1950-1954;
associate professor, Washington and Lee University, 1954-1956;
professor political science, Washington and Lee University, 1956-1960;
fellow in residence Center for Study Democratic Institutions, 1960-1969;
program director, 1970-1975;
chairman, president, Institute Higher Studies, Carpinteria, California, since 1975. Martha Boaz research professor in academic information systems University of Southern California Library. Systems, since 1986, Martha Boaz distinguished research professor, since 1987.
Consultant Fund forRepublic, 1958-1961. Adjunct Professor New School, since 1986, ISIM, since 1989. Founder, board directors The Virtual Academy, 1987.
Member of faculty Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, since 1990. Member BESTnet, National Research and Education Network. President C-Mode Institute, since 1992.
Board directors Silicon Beach Comm.
Achievements
Works
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Democracy in a Revolutionary Era, a Center Occasional Paper
(study of democratic inst.)
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Fail-Safe
(Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers arm...)
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Fail Safe
( Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers a...)
- Democracy in a Revolutionary Era- the Politial Order Today
- Democracy in a Revolutionary Era: The Political Order Today (A Center Occasional Paper)
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Democracy in a Revolutionary Era, a Center Occasional Paper
Membership
Keynote speaker Subiaco Writing Festival, 2002. Served with Army of the United States, 1941-1946.
Connections
Married Norene Burleigh. Children: David Carroll, John Harvey III, Mark Jefferson.
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Political Party
Conservative