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4 stars
Engaging, terrifying, fascinating.
1041 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2013
Command and control
nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Eric Schlosser: Command and control (2013)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4104-6193-3
- OCLC Number:
- 851416956
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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?
Subjects
- United States
- Nuclear weapons
- Government policy
- United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th
- Titan (Missile)
- Accidents
- Safety measures
- History
Places
- United States
- Arkansas