Title:
Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
ISBN:
9781594202278
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
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.
Summary:
A ground-breaking account of 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? That question has never been resolved--and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind.
OCLC Number:
ocn843228712
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
