Format:
xxiii, 632 pages
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20 cm
ISBN:
9780141037912
Content:
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.
Content:
"At the height of the Cold War in the American heartland, a combination of human error, aging equipment, mismanagement, and bad luck threatened to set off a nuclear weapon far more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Offering an account of accidents, near-misses, heroism and technological breakthroughs, this book 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?"--PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION
Note:
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2013
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Formerly CIP
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Author information:
Schlosser, Eric 1959-
