Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

Schlosser, Eric

ISBN 10: 1594202273 / ISBN 13: 9781594202278

Published by Penguin Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594202273
• ISBN 13: 9781594202278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 2.1 pounds

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.