Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
(2013)
By:
Schlosser, Eric
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
363.1799/SCHLOSSER,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, c2013
DESCRIPTION
xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781594202278 (hbk.) :, 1594202273 (hbk.), 1594202273
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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