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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety (2013)

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Schlosser, Eric (Author)

Penguin
Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xxiii + 632 pp.
Language: English
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Safety Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons Hydrogen bomb Technology and government Legislative and administrative regulations Disasters; catastrophes 20th century, late Arkansas (U.S.)

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. In this book the aurhor, an investigative journalist digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, this book explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: how do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?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. Named Corp: United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th. Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index. Class Descriptors: LC: U264.3; Dewey: 363.17/990976774 Other Titles: Nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety Responsibility: Eric Schlosser. Vendor Info: Ingram YBP Library Services Coutts Information Services (INGR YANK COUT)

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Authors & Contributors
Kitagawa, Kaori
Krzysztof Dabrowski
Zaballa, Robert A.
Sarah E. Robey
Siegel, Greg
Vinsel, Lee Jared
Journals
History and Technology
Technology and Culture
Social Studies of Science
Research in the History of Technology
Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Publishers
Helion and Company
Carnegie Mellon University
Penguin
Johns Hopkins University Press
Indiana University Press
Duke University Press
Concepts
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Technology and government
Safety
Legislative and administrative regulations
Disasters; catastrophes
Hydrogen bomb
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Soviet Union
Marshall Islands
Pakistan
Institutions
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
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