TY - BOOK AU - Schlosser,Eric TI - Command and control: nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety SN - 9781594202278 AV - U264.3 .S45 2013 U1 - 363.17/990976774 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - The Penguin Press KW - United States KW - Air Force KW - Strategic Air Command KW - Strategic Missile Wing, 308th KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Accidents KW - History KW - Arkansas KW - Titan (Missile) KW - Safety measures KW - Government policy N1 - 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 ER -