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Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety / Eric Schlosser.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594202278 (hc.) :
- Physical Description: xxiii, 632 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Illustrations on lining papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [583]-611) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Author's note -- Selected cast of characters -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- The Titan -- Not good -- New wave -- No lone zones -- 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 -- Confirm or deny -- The end -- Epilogue |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | U 264.3 Sch (Text) | 36970000956708 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
