Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 1,041 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.
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?
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Large type books.
HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare.
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Large type books.
HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare.
ISBN:
9781410461933 (hardcover : large print)
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LP GOV Sch | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 957-1037).