Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
Schlosser, Eric, author.
2013
U264.3 .S45 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
Author
Schlosser, Eric, author.
ISBN
9781594202278
1594202273
9781594202384 (export)
Published
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
U264.3 .S45 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.17/990976774
Summary
Presents a minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident that nearly caused a nuclear disaster, examining other near misses and America's growing susceptibility to a catastrophic event.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index.
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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.

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