nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Schlosser, Eric (Eric Matthew) 1959- creator text bibliography nyu 2014 monographic eng

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xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm 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 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. Eric Schlosser. Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index. n-us--- n-us-ar United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th. Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aérea Mando Aereo Estratégico Estados Unidos. Fuerza Aerea. 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 Armas nucleares Política gubernamental Estados Unidos U 264.3 S345c 2014 363.17/990976774 9780143125785 (paperback) 0143125788 (paperback) 2013017151 DLC 091019 20230411090603.0 17712656 spa