Nuclear crisis management: A dangerous illusion

Book · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5577972

Lebow, R N

Comparing crisis management strategies of the recent past with contemporary tactics, the author illustrates why modern nuclear forces and their complex, exceedingly vulnerable command and control make a superpower crisis so difficult to manage and what can be done to prevent nuclear crises and to increase the chances of survival if one were to occur. The author makes several recommendations, both political and technical, that he believes would reduce crisis instability, and with it the likelihood of war.

• OSTI ID: 5577972
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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