Command and control
Subtitle: nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety
By: Eric Schlosser
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1041
ISBN-13: 9781410461933
Subjects: United States; Nuclear weapons; Government policy; United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th; Titan (Missile); Accidents; Safety measures; History
Description: From investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes an account of the management of nuclear weapons. Through 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?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 957-1037).
Table of contents: title: Part one: The Titan. Not good; title: New wave; title: No lone zones; title: Spheres within spheres; title: Potential hazards; title: Part two: Machinery of control. The best, the biggest, and the most; title: In violation; title: Megadeath; title: Part three: Accidents will happen. Acceptable risks; title: The optimum mix; title: Breaking in; title: Part four: Out of control. Decapitation; title: The brink; title: An abnormal environment; title: Part five: Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced; title: The wrong tape; title: Like hell; title: Confirm or deny; title: The end.