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Command and control nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety Large Print Book
by Schlosser, Eric.
Large Print Book | Large print edition | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, Waterville, Maine : 2013.
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From investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes an account of the management of nuclear weapons. Through accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control 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?
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  • ISBN: 9781410461933 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: 1041 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.text (large print)
  • Edition: Large print edition
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 957-1037).
  • Formatted Contents Note: Part one: The Titan. Not good -- New wave -- No lone zones -- Spheres within spheres -- Potential hazards -- Part two: Machinery of control. The best, the biggest, and the most -- In violation -- Megadeath -- Part three: Accidents will happen. Acceptable risks -- The optimum mix -- Breaking in -- Part four: Out of control. Decapitation -- The brink -- An abnormal environment -- Part five: Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Confirm or deny -- The end.
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