In the 1980s, much attention was given to the power of nuclear weapons and their potential to destroy the world, but little consideration was given to the human factors that could lead to those fatal decisions. In Beyond the Hotline, William Ury provides an informed, candid view of Cold War relations, as he lays out a comprehensive crisis control system designed to prevent nuclear war. In Beyond the Hotline …
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Since the advent of the Cold War, the possibility of a nuclear holocaust has profoundly influenced world events, and young people today have never known a life without the threat of near-instant, massive annihilation. Step back in time to 1983, when a joint U.S.-Soviet study group was formed to help prevent a nuclear war, particularly one caused by accident or miscalculation. Chaired by Graham Allison and Georgy Arbatov, the U.S. and Soviet teams’ mission was to draft protocols and procedures …
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