TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schlosser,Eric
TI  - Command and control: nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety 
SN  - 9781594202278 (hardcover)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - nuclear weapons
KW  - accidents
KW  - USA
KW  - history
KW  - Arkansas
KW  - missiles
KW  - safety
KW  - government
KW  - Titan (Missile)
N1  - SIP2222; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -