Schlosser, Eric  1959- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-611) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 abnornal environment -- Damascus -- Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Con.rm or deny -- The end -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143125785 (paperback) 0143125788 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013017151 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Air Force.  Strategic Air Command.  Strategic Missile Wing, 308th. <br/>Estados Unidos.  Fuerza Aérea --Mando Aereo Estratégico.<br/>Estados Unidos.  Fuerza Aerea. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--United States<br/>Nuclear weapons--Accidents--History.--Arkansas<br/>Titan (Missile)--History.<br/>Nuclear weapons--United States--Safety measures.<br/>Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States.<br/>Armas nucleares--Historia<br/>Armas nucleares --Política gubernamental--Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U 264.3  / S345c 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.17/990976774