Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety /
Schlosser, Eric 1959-
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Eric Schlosser. - xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index.
Author's note -- Selected cast of characters -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 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 abnornal environment -- Damascus -- Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Con.rm 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
9780143125785 (paperback) 0143125788 (paperback)
2013017151
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aérea --Mando Aereo Estratégico.
Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aerea.
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas
Titan (Missile)--History.
Nuclear weapons--United States--Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.
Armas nucleares--Historia
Armas nucleares --Política gubernamental--Estados Unidos
U 264.3 / S345c 2014
363.17/990976774
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Eric Schlosser. - xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index.
Author's note -- Selected cast of characters -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 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 abnornal environment -- Damascus -- Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Con.rm 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
9780143125785 (paperback) 0143125788 (paperback)
2013017151
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aérea --Mando Aereo Estratégico.
Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aerea.
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas
Titan (Missile)--History.
Nuclear weapons--United States--Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.
Armas nucleares--Historia
Armas nucleares --Política gubernamental--Estados Unidos
U 264.3 / S345c 2014
363.17/990976774