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

by Eric Schlosser

After studying to become a civil engineer, LeMay joined the Army Air Corps in 1929. Flying became his favorite thing to do—followed, in order of preference, by hunting, driving sports cars, and fishing. Socializing was far down the list.

There are only so many times you can say "yiiff!" and get no takers before it gets draining..