Nuclear Crisis Management: A Dangerous Illusion

by Richard Ned Lebow

Book Overview

Richard Ned Lebow spells out the implications of historical experience for American perceptions of the place of crisis management in superpower strategic relations. identifying and discussing three reasons for the outbreak of World War I-preemption, loss of control, and miscalculated escalation-he argues that all three are equally serious threats to peace and survival. He documents how psychological stress in past crises has induced erratic, dysfunctional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801495318
• ISBN13: 9780801495311
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"