Command and control : nuclear weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the illusion of safety
Eric Schlosser
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Utgitt | New York : Penguin Books , 2014
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| Omfang | XXI, 632 s.
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| Opplysninger | The Titan -- Not good -- New wave -- No lone zone -- 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 abnormal environment -- Damascus -- Balanced and unbalanced -- The wrong tape -- Like hell -- Confirm or deny -- The end.. - 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.
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| ISBN | 0-14-312578-8. - 978-0-14-312578-5. - 978-1-59420-227-8
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