The Coming Dark Age by Roberto Vacca; Translator-J. S. Whale - 1973

Doubleday, 1973. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good. 1st English Edition / 1st Printing (Stated) - VERY GOOD in very good dust jacket . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Reaching the Knee of the Curve -- 2.) Is a Halt to Expansion Unlikely? -- 3.) Large Systems and Their Engineering -- 4.) Large Systems Getting Out of Control -- 5.) The Powerless Electricians -- 6.) Urban Congestion and Traffic Paralysis -- 7.) Crisis in Communications -- 8.) Electronic Computer: Some Unjustified Hopes and Fears -- 9.) Water and Waste -- 10.) Death of the City of New York -- 11.) Is Modern War Irrelevant to the Issue? -- 12.) The Futility of Protest -- 13.) The Crisis of Management -- 14.) The Beginning and Duration of the Dark Age -- 15.) Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Losses -- 16.) Social Life Before and After the Knockout -- 17.) Foundations of a New Tradition -- 18.) Monastic Communities Looking Backward and Forward. . . . . . . After reading Lucifer's Hammer, the novel, and seeing the many references to Vacca's book, I decided to read it. It's a little dated, of course, but many of the principles still apply. I enjoyed finding the references used in Lucifer's Hammer. LTC USA (RET)