Command and Control

Description:

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?

subjects: United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command. Strategic Missile Wing, 308th,  Nuclear weapons,  Government policy,  United States,  Titan (Missile),  Accidents,  History,  nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2013-10-13,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  Safety measures,  United states, air force, strategic air command,  Nuclear weapons, safety measures,  United states, military policy,  HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare,  Nuclear warfare,  Industry,  Incidenti nucleari,  Stati Uniti d'America,  1980,  Armi nucleari,  Controllo,  Incidenti,  Armed Forces,  Kärnvapen,  United States. Air Force,  Social aspects

Places: United States,  Arkansas