Edward D. Blandford is Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He was formerly a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Scott D. Sagan is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, the Mimi and Peter Haas University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and Senior Fellow at CISAC and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.

• Introduction: Learning from a Man-made Disaster-Scott D. Sagan1. Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: An Overview-Kenji E. Kushida2. The Accident That Could Never Happen: Deluded by a Design Basis-Gregory D. Wyss3. Security Implications of the Fukushima Accident-Kaoru Naito4. Political Leadership in Nuclear Emergency: Institutional and Structural Constraints-Nobumasa Akiyama5. Radiation Protection by Numbers: Another Man-made Disaster"-Toshihiro Higuchi6. Encouraging Transnational Organizational Learning-Kazuto Suzuki7. Were Japan's Nuclear Plants Uniquely Vulnerable?-Phillip Lipscy, Kenji E. Kushida, and Trevor IncertiConclusion: Beyond Fukushima: Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security in the 21st Century-Michael May and Edward Blandford

"This book, edited by Blandford and Sagan, brings together experts from a variety of institutions and disciplines (including nuclear engineering, environmental history, political science, public policy, and risk assessment) from Japan and the United States to analyze the events leading up to and following this man-made catastrophe...This book provides an easy-to-read reference guide to the disaster which will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates seeking summaries about Fukushima."—Daniel P. Aldrich, Pacific Affairs