A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

I'VE BEEN READING COMMAND AND CONTROL, BY ERIC SCHLOSSER, A SERIOUSLY GOOD INVESTIGATIVE WRITER. HE WAS AUTHOR OF FAST FOOD NATION, AN EXPOSE' ON THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY. (A SUPERB BOOK). COMMAND AND CONTROL WRAPS ITSELF AROUND A TITAN II NEAR CATASTROPHIC DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN DAMASCUS, ARKANSAS, ON SEPTEMBER 18-19, 1980. THE SILO AND MISSILE BLEW UP, BUT THE NUCLEAR WARHEAD DID NOT DETONATE. IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN AWAY HALF OF ARKANSAS. YOU TALK ABOUT A BOOK THAT SCARES THE LIVING HELL OUT OF YOU. IT TOOK SCHLOSSER 7 YEARS TO COMPLETE THE BOOK, WHICH HAS ONE-HUNDRED FOOTNOTE PAGES. THE BOOK ACTS AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE THE UNITED STATES THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE DANGEROUS, THAT THE MILITARY IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THEM, AND THAT THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT THAN THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH AND PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS A MUST READ WITH TRUMP IN OFFICE. I HAVEN'T SLEPT SINCE I STARTED READING IT, AND THE DAMN THING IS 632 PAGES LONG.