Schlosser, Eric.

Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Eric Schlosser. - xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm

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 abnormal environment -- Damascus -- Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Con.rm or deny -- The end -- Epilogue.

9781594202278 9780143125785

2013017151


United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.


Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas
Titan (Missile)--History.
Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.--United States
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.

U264.3 / .S45 2013

363.17/990976774