Command and control nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
"Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since...
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2013.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Command and control : |b nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / |c Eric Schlosser. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York : |b The Penguin Press, |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a xxiii, 632 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Titan. Not good ; New wave ; No lone zone ; Spheres within spheres ; Potential hazards -- Machinery of control. The best, the biggest, and the most ; In violation ; Megadeath -- Accidents will happen. Acceptable risks ; The optimum mix ; Breaking in -- Out of control. Decapitation ; The brink ; An abnormal environment -- Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced ; The wrong tape ; Like hell ; Confirm or deny ; The end. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a "Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: how do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved--and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller, Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years."--Amazon.com | |
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