02488cam a2200469 i 4500 113376 113376 17712656 BJBSDDR 20230411090603.0 ta 091019s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 2013017151 9780143125785 (paperback) 0143125788 (paperback) DLC spa DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- n-us-ar U 264.3 S345c 2014 363.17/990976774 23 Schlosser, Eric (Eric Matthew), 1959- 8687 Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser. Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety New York : The Penguin Press, 2014. xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier 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 United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th. Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aérea 10548 Mando Aereo Estratégico. Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aerea. 10549 Nuclear weapons Accidents United States History. Nuclear weapons Accidents Arkansas History. Titan (Missile) History. Nuclear weapons United States Safety measures. Nuclear weapons Government policy United States. Armas nucleares Historia 4555 Armas nucleares Política gubernamental Estados Unidos 10550 lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2019-10-09 0 U 264.3 S345c 2014 00000122457 2019-10-09 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK