Ebook {Epub PDF} Command and Control by Eric Schlosser

The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. “Deeply reported, deeply frightening.. Cited by: The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser’s book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America’s nuclear aresenal. “Deeply reported, deeply frightening.. Pages:  · 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 4/5(20).

Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking 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. Eric Schlosser, Bard of Folly. What the Command and Control author is teaching Americans about our reliance on technology. It took decades after the invention of nuclear weapons for today's taboos against them to take hold. Some witnesses to the first nuclear explosions apprehended their horror immediately. Eric Schlosser, Author, Command and Control: There had been all these statistical assurances that weapons wouldn't detonate in an accident, and then there was a realization that the weapons were.

Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with men who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view. Through the details of a single accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event can become unavoidable, how small risks can have terrible consequences, and how the most brilliant minds in the nation can only provide us with an illusion of control. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety is a nonfiction book by Eric Schlosser about the history of nuclear weapons systems and accidents involving nuclear weapons in the United States. Incidents Schlosser discusses in the book include the Damascus Titan missile explosion, the The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal.