Command and Control: The Story of Nuclear Weapons and the Illusion of Safety - Brossura

Schlosser, Eric

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141037911 ISBN 13: 9780141037912

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2014

Riassunto

Command and Control, 9780141037912

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Informazioni sull?autore

Eric Schlosser is the author of Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness, as well as the co-author of a children's book, Chew on This. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, the Nation, and Vanity Fair, and he was an executive producer on the films Fast Food Nation and There Will Be Blood and a co-producer of the documentary Food Inc.

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Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort to ensure that nuclear weapons can't be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering hi

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0141037911
• ISBN 13: 9780141037912
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 656
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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