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

By: Language: English Publication details: New York, NY : Penguin Press, 2013Description: xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781594202278 (hardcover)
  • 1594202273 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
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Contents:
The Titan. Not good ; New wave ; No lone zones ; 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 ; Epilogue.
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.
Item type: monograph
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Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
SIPRI Library and Documentation 623.454.8 Schlosser Available G22/48

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index.

The Titan. Not good ; New wave ; No lone zones ; 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 ; Epilogue.

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.

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