Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

By Schlosser, Eric

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9781594202278
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Penguin Pr.


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Starred Review on September 15, 2013  |  Social Sciences

Best-selling author Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) explores the history of America's attempts to make its nuclear weapons available for the purposes of deterrence while still safely storing them. The record, according to Schlosser, is very mixed, with thousands of minor to major accidents over the past 60 years. He recounts the major accident involving an armed nuclear missile silo in Damascus, AR, in September 1980, to show how complicated systems involving hum...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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