Inviting disaster : lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen / James R. Chiles.

Acknowledgments
Special introduction to the paperback edition
Introduction : On the machine frontier : new technology and old habits
Shock wave : high tech on the high seas
Blind spot : baffled and bewildered inside the massive system
Rush to judgment : when flagship projects run out of time
Doubtless : testing is such a bother
Really bad day : panic and triumph on the machine frontier
Tunnel vision : go away, I'm busy
Red line running : humans have a limit, too
Crack in the system : failure starts slow, but it grows
Healthy fear : alive and alert at danger's edge
That human touch : how little errors make big accidents
Robbing the pillar : slacking off with the high-power system
Machine man : surviving and thriving on the new frontier
Disasters, calamities, and near misses cited in the book.