在本书付梓之堑，我把一份簇略的草稿给了一位并非由美国政府雇用但拥有高级别许可的核武器问题专家。我想确认书中的内容并不会对国家安全造成任何威胁。我那没有报酬但颇疽鉴别能璃的读者没有发现任何这样的内容——我也同意他的看法。在过去60年中，关于美国核武库的官方保密制度和错误信息构成了更大的威胁。对真相的讶制使一个制定政策的小型精英集团可以发挥巨大的，而且很大程度上不受制约的权璃。很少有什么议题能够比核武器能够做什么、它们瞄准哪里、它们为何可能被使用以及谁有下令使用它们的能璃更加重要。我希望我的书，能够在某种熙微的程度上有助于恢复那种表面上的民主，以指挥与控制人类所发明的最致命、最危险的机器。
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“Accidental War：Some Dangers in the 1960s，” Mershon Center for Education in National Security，Housmans（n.d.）.
“Accident Environments，” T.D.Brumleve，Chairman，Task Group on Accident Environments，Sandia Laboratories，SCL-DR-69-86，January 1970（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Accidents and Incidents Involving Nuclear Weapons：Accidents and Incidents During the Period 1 July 1957 Through 31 March 1967，” Technical Letter 20-3，Defense Atomic Support Agency，October 15，1967（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“An Activated Barrier for Protection of Special Nuclear Materials in Vital Areas，” Ronald E.Timm，James E.Miranda，Donald L.Reigle，and Anthony D.Valente，Argonne National Laboraory，1984.
“The Aftermath of a Single Nuclear Detonation by Accident or Sabotage：Some Problems Affecting U.S.Policy，Military Reactions，and Public Information，” Fred Charles Iklé with J.E.Hill，Research Memorandum，Project RAND，U.S.Air Force，Santa Monica，California，May 8，1959，RM-2364（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Aggregate Nuclear Damage Assessment Techniques Applied to Western Europe，” H.Avrech and D.C.McGarvey，RAND Corporation，Memorandum RM-4466-ISA，Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/International Security Affairs，June 1965（for OFFICIAL USE ONLY/declassified）.
“AGM-69A SRAM Explosive Components Surveillance Program Summary Report and FY74 Service Life Estimate，” Charles E.Stanbery，et al.，Aeronautical Systems Division，Wright-Patterson Air Force Base，AD-A014 428，January 1975.
“Air Force Blue Ribbon Review of Nuclear Weapons Policies and Procedures，” Polly A.Peyer，Headquarters，United States Air Force，February 8，2008.
“The Air Force Role in Five Crises，1958—1965：Lebanon，Taiwan，Congo，Cuba，Dominican Republic，” Bernard C.Nalty，USAF Historical Division Liaison Office，June 1968（TOP SECRET/declassified），NSA.
“The Air Force and Strategic Deterrence 1951-1960，” George F.Lemmer，USAF Historical Division Liaison Office，December 1967（SECRET/FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA/declassified），NSA.
“The Air Force and the Worldwide Military Command and Control System，1961-1965（U），” Thomas A.Sturm，USAF Historical Division Liaison Office，August 1966（SECRET/declassified），NSA.
“Airpower and the Cult of the Offensive，” John R.Carter，CADRE Paper，College of Aerospace Doctrine，Research，and Education，Air University Press，Maxwell Air Force Base，Alabama，October 1998.
“Alcohol & Drug Use in the Marine Corps in 1983，” Peter H.Stoloff and Renee K.Barnow，Center for Naval Analyses，CNR 90，Vol.1，July 1984.
“Analytical Support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff：The WSEG Experience，1948-1976，” John Ponturo，Institute for Defense Analyses，International and Social Studies Division，IDA Study S-507，July 1979.
“Assessing the Capabilities of Strategic Nuclear Forces：The Limits of Current Methods，” Bruce W.Bennett，N-1441-NA，RAND Corporation，June 1980.
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“Attack Warning：Better Management Required to Resolve NORAD Integration Deficiencies，” Report to the Chairman，Subcommittee on Defense，Committee on Appropriations，House of Representatives，United States General Accounting Office，July 1989.
“The Ballistic Missile Decisions，” Robert L.Perry，RAND Corporation，October 1967.
“Ballistic Missile Staff Course Study Guide，” 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron，Strategic Air Command，Vandenberg Air Force Base，July 1，1980.
“Beyond the United Kingdom：Trends in the Other Nuclear Armed States，” Ian Kearns，Discussion Paper 1，BASIC Trident Commission，November 2011.
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“Command，Control，and Communications Problems” Ronald A.Finkler，et al.，WSEG Report 159，Volume Ⅰ：Summary，Institute for Defense Analyses，Science and Technology Division，February 1971（TOP SECRET/declassified）.
“Command and Control for North American Air Defense，1959-1963，” Thomas A.Sturm，USAF Historical Division Liaison Office，SHO-S-65/18，January 1965（SECRET/declassified）.
“Command and Control of Soviet Nuclear Weapons：Dangers and Opportunities Arising from the August Revolution，” Hearing Before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations，United States Senate，102nd Congress，First Session，September 24，1991.
“Command and Control Systems for Nuclear Weapons：History and Current Status，” Systems Development Department Ⅰ，Sandia Laboratories，SLA-73-0415，September 1973（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Countervailing Strategy Demands Revision of Strategic Force Acquisition Plans，” Comptroller General of the United States，MASAD-81-355，August 5，1981.
“Custody，” Assistant to the Secretary of Defense（Atomic Energy），Office of the Secretary of Defense，November 10，1960（TOP SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified），NSA.
“Defense Logistics：Improvements Needed to Enhance DOD’s Management Approach and Implementation of Item Unique Identification Technology，” United States Government Accountability Office，Report to the Subcommittee on Readiness，Committee on Armed Services，House of Representatives，May 2012.
“Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1986，” Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate，Ninety-ninth Congress，1st Session，1985.
“Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age，” Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee，Washington，D.C.，November 7，1957（TOP SECRET/declassified），NSA.
“The Development of the SM-68 Titan，” Warren E.Greene，Historical Office，Deputy Commander for Aerospace Systems，Air Force Systems Command，August 1962（SECRET/FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA/declassified），NSA.
“The Development of the SM-80 Minuteman，” Robert F.Piper，DCAS Historical Office，Deputy Commander for Aerospace Systems，Air Force Systems Command，April 1962（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified），NSA.
“The Development of Strategic Air Command，1946-1976，” J.C.Hopkins，Office of the Historian，Strategic Air Command，March 21，1976.
“Did High-Altitude EMP Cause the Hawaiian Streetlight Incident？，” Charles Vittitoe，Electromagnetic Applications Division，Sandia National Laboratories，System Design and Assessment Notes，Note 31，June 1989.
“Effect of Civilian Morale on Military Capabilities in a Nuclear War Environment：Enclosure ‘E，’The Relationship to Public Morale of Information About the Effects of Nuclear Warfare，” WSEG Report No.42，Weapons Systems Evaluation Group，Joint Chiefs of Staff，October 20，1959（CONFIDENTIAL/declassified）.
“The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki，” United States Strategic Bombing Survey，June 30，1946（SECRET/declassified）.
“The Effects of Nuclear War，” Office of Technology Assessment，Congress of the United States，May 1979.
“Electric Initiators：A Review of the State of the Art，” Gunther Cohn，Franklin Institute，Prepared for the Picatinny Arsenal，November 1961，AD266014（CINFIDENTIAL/declassified）.
“Enclosure‘Ⅰ’Changes in the Free World，” Weapons Systems Evaluation Group Report No.50，November 18，1960（TOP SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapons，” Enclosure “A，” the Final Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads，June 30，1947（TOP SECRET/declassified）.
“Evaluation of Programmed Strategic Offensive Weapons Systems，” Weapons Systems Evaluation Group Report No.50，Washington，D.C.，December 27，1960（TOP SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified），NSA.
“The Evolution of U.S.Strategic Command and Control and Warning 1945-1972，” L.Wainstein，Project Leader，C.D.Cremeans，J.K.Moriarity，and J.Ponturo，Study S-467，International and Social Studies Division，Institute for Defense Analyses，June 1975（TOP SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Exploiting and Securing the Open Border in Berlin：The Western Secret Services，the Stasi，and the Second Berlin Crisis，1958-1961，” Paul Maddrell，Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars，Cold War International History Project，Working Paper No.58，February 2009.
“Factors Affecting the Vulnerability of Atomic Weapons to Fire，” Full-Scale Test Report No.2，Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology，Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Report No.1066，February 1958（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“The Feasibility of Population Targeting，” R.H.Craver，M.K.Drake，J.T.McGahan，E.Swick，and J.F.Schneider，Science Applications，Inc.，Prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency，June 30，1979（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Final Evaluation Report，MK IV MOD O FM BOMB，” Mk IV Evaluation Committee，Sandia Laboratory，Report No.SL-82，September 13，1949（SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA/declassified）.
“Final Titan Ⅱ Operational Data Summary，” Rev 3，TRW Space Technology Laboratories，September 1964.
