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Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.

Summary:

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?

Record details

ISBN: 9781410461933 (hardback)
ISBN: 1410461939 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 1041 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 957-1037)
Formatted Contents Note:	Part one: The Titan. Not good -- New wave -- No lone zones -- Spheres within spheres -- Potential hazards -- Part two: Machinery of control. The best, the biggest, and the most -- In violation -- Megadeath -- Part three: Accidents will happen. Acceptable risks -- The optimum mix -- Breaking in -- Part four: Out of control. Decapitation -- The brink -- An abnormal environment -- Part five: Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Confirm or deny -- The end.