nuclear weapons, the Damascus accident, and the illusion of safety Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Eric Schlosser: Command and control (2013)
1041 pages
English language
Published Nov. 5, 2013
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?
A chilling account of the history of US nuclear weapons, that unfortunately leaves me wanting to hear more about the Soviet side of the story. This book also helps to put the history of computing and especially the development of computer networks into perspective.
