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02532aam a22003498i 4500 001 46F62826280311E38A3358B1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20231115010931 008 130724s2013 meu db 000 0 eng 010 $a 2013029842 020 $a 1410461939 (hardcover : large print) 020 $a 9781410461933 (hardcover : large print) 035 $a (OCoLC)851416956 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d ZQP $d OCLCA $d YW6 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ar $a n-us-ar 100 1 $a Schlosser, Eric, $e author. 245 10 $a Command and control : $b nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety / $c Eric Schlosser. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, $c 2013. 300 $a 1041 pages ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a From famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes Command and Control a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weapons. A groundbreaking account of 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? Schlosser reveals that this question has never been resolved, and while other headlines dominate the news, nuclear weapons still pose a grave risk to mankind. At the heart of Command and Control lies the story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a handful of men struggled to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 957-1037). 505 0 $a 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 abnormal environment -- Damascus. Balanced and unbalanced ; The wrong tape ; Like hell ; Confirm or deny ; The end. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20170906013430.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20140107012840.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20131003011014.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20130928010115.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46F62826280311E38A3358B1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search