For those of us who grew up in the shadow of the cold war, journalist eric schlosser s latest investigation is scary stuff. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety is a 20 nonfiction book by eric schlosser about the history of. Again and again in looking at these documents, you find an effort to blame the person who dropped the wrench, who used the wrong tool at a minuteman. The author takes the story of the 1980 accident in the missile launch complex 3747 in arkansas. The video accurately depicts the events that led up to and including the actual accident and its aftermath. A 600page book on a nuclear explosion that didnt happen may seem like overkill, but mr. Eric schlosser s fast food nation was a hilarious and scary expose of the mcdonalds fast food culture in the u. Eric schlosser s command and control is part technothriller, part careful historical investigation. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety, eric schlosser casts light on the largely hidden world of americas atomic arsenal, combining. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read command and control. It was a finalist for the 2014 pulitzer prize for history. The docudrama duo has teamed up again to bring us command and control, based on schlossers criticallyacclaimed book of the same.
Command and control is organized a bit like a caribbean cruise. Unfortunately, the command and con trol of americas nuclear weapons has been far from 100% perfect, as investigative journalist eric schlosser points out in his latest book command and con trol. At the core of the authors scrutiny is the suspensefully narrated back story of the. Command and control, by eric schlosser the new york times. The oscarshortlisted documentary command and control, directed by robert kenner, finds its origins in eric schlosser s book and continues to explore the littleknown history of the management and safety concerns of americas nuclear aresenal. The chilling, concise history of americas precarious nuclear arsenal. His book fast food nation forever changed the way we think about what we eat. Sex, drugs, and cheap labor in the american black market, 2003, etc. The first is a technothriller, narrating a shocking nuclear accident in gripping detail. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety ala notable books for adults kindle edition by schlosser, eric. But the events chronicled in command and control, a documentary by robert kenner based on the book by eric schlosser, are terrifying nonetheless. Around that story he weaves an enormous amount of information about the us air force missile.
Command and control ebook written by eric schlosser. It depicts the urgent effort to ensure that nuclear weapons cant be stolen, sabotaged, used. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The documentary command and control, directed by robert kenner, finds its origins in eric schlosser s book and continues to explore the littleknown history of the management and safety concerns of americas nuclear aresenal. Published by penguin books i think this book qualifies as the best thriller i have ever read and its all true. When all that stands between the world and nuclear disaster is the flip of a switch. Famed investigative journalist eric schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of. Allout nuclear war may be the greatest risk we face with modern weaponry, but its not the only one. Incidents schlosser discusses in the book include the 1980 damascus titan missile explosion and the 1961 goldsboro b52 crash. Watch command and control american experience official. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international.
Investigative journalist schlosser s reefer madness. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of command and con trol, a groundbreaking account of the management of nuclear weapons from eric schlosser, author of fast food nation. Eric schlosser spent six years investigating the current us nuclear arsenal and its command and control system to get a deeper sense of. A highstakes documentary thriller, command and control based on eric schlosser s 20 book of the same nameexplores the human error that led to an explosion at the titan ii nuclear site just outside little rock, arkansas towards the end of the cold war, and probes how mutually assured destruction might actually mean selfannihilation. Schlosser also looks at the cold war from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up. Command and control interweaves the minuteby minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural arkansas. A mythshattering expose of americas nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety kindle edition by eric schlosser. The main part of the voyage is schlosser s fascinating account of one of the most serious accidents in the history of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading command and control. Official theatrical trailer command and control youtube. Command and contr ol kindle edition by schlosser, eric. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety eric schlosser isbn.
Eric schlosser talks about his book, command and con trol, in which he details the ease with which an accident can occur when handling nuclear weapons and how little control military leaders and. The documentary will also air on pbss american experience in early january 2017. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading command and con trol. A dramatic hourbyhour account of the damascus explosion is. The oscarshortlisted documentary command and con trol, directed by robert kenner, finds its origins in eric schlosser s book and continues to explore the littleknown history of the management and safety concerns of americas nuclear aresenal. Investigative journalist eric schlosser is the author of the new york times bestselling books fast food nation, which helped launch a revolution in how people think about what they eat.
A mythshattering expose of americas nuclear weapons famed investigative journalist eric schlosser digs deep to. Join us as we welcome robert kenner and eric schlosser, the men behind the chilling documentary command and control, as they discuss the hidden story of a deadly accident at a titan ii. The oscarshortlisted documentary command and control, directed by robert kenner, finds its origins in eric schlossers book and continues to explore. Command and control nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety by eric schlosser the penguin press. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety is a 20 nonfiction book by eric schlosser about the history of nuclear weapons systems in the united states. Eric schlosser s command and control is really two books in one. The second is more analytic, exploring the challenge at the heart of nuclear command and control systems. That isnt good enough for eric schlosser in command and control. Puffin facebook puffin instagram puffin twitter puffin youtube. Eric schlosser, author of fast food nation, has written a new book command and control.
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Louis menand on eric schlosser s command and control, which narrates the history of nuclearweapons systems in the united states since 1945. Based on the criticallyacclaimed book by eric schlosser, this chilling documentary exposes the terrifying truth about the management of. Reefer madness, which probed the flourishing black market of sex, drugs, and cheap labor. Command and con trol 20 uncovers the disturbing truth behind the troubled and accidentprone us nuclear weapons program. Nuclear weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety, eric schlosser casts light on the. S command and con trol is a similarly impressive feat of investigative journalism, although here the subject matter is not so lightheartedly amusing and is infinitely more terrifying than tales of unhealthy burgers produced in. After famously eviscerating the fast food industry in fast food nation 2001, hes resurfaced with an alarming expose about the management of americas nuclear arsenal command and control reads like something out of stanley kubricks dr. Command and controlinterweaves the minutebyminute 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.
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