Failure and Fortitude

In 1976, the Teton Dam collapsed, unleashing a wall of water that ravaged eastern Idaho and shattered the public's trust in American infrastructure. Engineers, historians, and survivors have asked the same question: 'Why did it fail?' For decades, the disaster has been reduced to a cautionary tale, a grim case study, a footnote in engineering textbooks. But what if the real story is more complicated than we've ever been told?

Failure and Fortitude is a meticulously researched, vividly writt...