Name: Command and Control
SKU: 47037264
Price: 868.00 TWD
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Author: Eric Schlosser
ISBN: 9781594202384

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Eric Schlosser

Synopsis "Command and Control "

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-24 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books From famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser. author of Fast Food Nation. comes Command and Control a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weaponsA 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 powerf...