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Author Schlosser, Eric, author.

Title Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.

Publication Info. New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.1799 SCHLOSSER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  363.17 SCHLOSSER    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  363.1799 SCH    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  363.17 SCHLOSSER c.2  Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  363.17 SCH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  363.179 SCH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  363.17 SCHLOSSER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.1799 SCHLOSSER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.1799 SCH39    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.179 SCHLOSSER    Check Shelf

Description xxiii, 632 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [489]-611) and index.
Contents The Titan. Not good ; New wave ; No lone zones ; 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 ; Confirm or deny ; The end.
Summary 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.
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas -- History.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th.
Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Added Title Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
ISBN 9781594202278 hardback $36.00
1594202273 hardback
9781594202384 (export)
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