Command and Control Nuclear Weapons Damascus Incident HC Eric Schlosser Movie

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety Hardcover

**The upcoming 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.**

“Excellent... hair-raising... Command and Control is how nonfiction should be written.” (Louis Menand) The New Yorker

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 destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved--and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity sti