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A myth-shattering exposé of America's nuclear weapons. Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs profound to discover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking bank account of damages, near misses, incredible heroism, and technical breakthroughs, Demand and Control explores the dilemma that has been around because the dawn of the nuclear time: How do you deploy weapons of mass devastation without being damaged by them? That question hasn't been settled - and Schlosser uncovers how the blend of individuals fallibility and technical complexness still poses a grave risk to mankind. As the harms of global warming significantly dominate the news headlines, the evenly dangerous yet more immediate threat of nuclear weapons has been mainly forgotten. Written with the vibrancy of the first-rate thriller, Demand and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than 50 years. It depicts the immediate work by American experts, policy makers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can't be stolen, sabotaged, utilised without authorization, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also talks about the Cold War from a fresh perspective, offering background from the bottom up, revealing to the reviews of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other typical servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. In the centre of the reserve lies the have difficulties, amid the moving hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas, to prevent the explosion of the ballistic missile hauling the most effective nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with people who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Demand and Control will take viewers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, as yet, has been mainly concealed from view. Through the facts of an individual accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event may become inescapable, how small dangers can have horrible consequences, and the way the most brilliant imagination in the nation can only just provide us with an illusion of control. Audacious, gripping, and unforgettable, Demand and Control is a tour de make of investigative journalism, an eye-opening look at the dangers of America's nuclear time.
