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.