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Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schlosser, Eric (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Accidents > United States > History.
Nuclear weapons > Accidents > Arkansas > History.
Titan (Missile) > History.
United States. > Air Force. > Strategic Air Command. > Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons > United States > Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 abnormal environment
  • Damascus
  • Balanced and unbalanced
  • The wrong tape
  • Like hell
  • Confirm or deny
  • The end.