Title:
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
Author:
Schlosser, Eric.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
Call Number:
U264.3 .S45 2014
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9780143125785
Physical Description:
xxi, 632 p. ; 22 cm.
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Contents:
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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