Nuclear Crisis Management : : A Dangerous Illusion / / Richard Ned Lebow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Lebow, Richard Ned,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; 1. A Dangerous Illusion --; Three Sequences to War --; 2. Preemption --; 3. Loss of Control --; 4. Miscalculated Escalation --; Conclusions --; 5. Toward Crisis Stability --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501738722; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501738722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Ned Lebow.

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 behavior from national leaders, even paralysis. A nuclear crisis, he argues, would generate even more acute stress because of the unprecedented destructiveness of nuclear weapons and the extreme time pressure that leaders are likely to face.