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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) - Hardcover
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The author of Fast Food Nation presents a minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident that nearly caused a nuclear disaster, examining other near misses and what the author perceives as America's growing susceptibility to a catastrophic event.
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Eric Schlosser is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Nation.
Eric Schlosser is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation andReefer Madness. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone,The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Nation.
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- PublisherPenguin Pr
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1594202273
- ISBN 13 9781594202278
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages632
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Command and Control : Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. **The upcoming documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the lit tle-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclea r aresenal.** The New Yorker "Excellent. hair-raising. Command and Control is how nonfiction should be written." (Louis Menand) Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking accoun t of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological break throughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since t he dawn of the nuclear age: how do you deploy weapons of mass destruction w ithout being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved--and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technologica l complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller, Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort by American scientists, policymakers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can't be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, m. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000071069
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