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May 9, 2023 · They started telling me stories about nuclear weapons during the Cold War. I became really intrigued, especially after one of them told me the story of the Damascus accident—the explosion of a Titan missile in its silo in Damascus, Arkansas, in 1980.
Mar 1, 2014 · Schlosser describes some of the safety issues that have plagued the nuclear weapons program, and he expresses frustration that many government documents exposing these very issues—some dating as far back as the Cold War—have not yet been made public.
Jan 17, 2014 · Eric Schlosser on how Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
Sep 8, 2013 · In his forthcoming book Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, turns his formidable investigative talent on the Cold War and America’s development and deployment of nuclear weapons.
Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust.
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Apr 29, 2014 · Schlosser: After the Cold War ended, the command and control of nuclear weapons seemed to lose a great deal of its urgency. Morale suffered, especially at the air force, as the nuclear mission was increasingly viewed as irrelevant and a career dead end.
Oct 15, 2013 · In his gripping new book Command and Control, Eric Schlosser shows that the United States has often relied on what he calls “the illusion of safety” when it comes to nuclear weapons....
