Crisis Management in the Nuclear Age

Report by the Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Nat. Academy of Sciences; Committee on Contributions of Behavioral and Social Science to the Prevention of Nuclear War; and Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Nat. Research Council. The first collaborative effort of these committees was a two-day seminar, ³Crisis Management in the Nuclear Age,² conducted for the membership of the Nat. Academy of Sciences in the spring of 1986. This report presents a synthesis of the many viewpoints addressed at the seminar by experts in nuclear weapons technology, nuclear strategy, crisis management, organizational behavior, and military operations -- both scientists and practitioners.Rusten, Lynn is the author of 'Crisis Management in the Nuclear Age', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756738327 and ISBN 0756738326.