Beyond the Hotline: How We Can Prevent the Crisis that Might Bring On a Nuclear War

Beyond the Hotline book 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, you’ll learn:

• what was the most likely path to war
• how a Joint Crisis Control Center was formed
• how emergency safety procedures were put into place
• how the President and his cabinet responded to briefings
• how crisis control became woven into the fabric of international policy

View the table of contents or read a chapter from Beyond the Hotline.

Other books by William Ury include Getting to Yes with Yourself, The Power of a Positive No, Getting to Yes, and Getting Past No.

"Beyond the Hotline is for everyone who has ever worried about the nuclear threat and asked: 'What can be done? What can I do?' Here at last are some practical and politically feasible steps you can actively support... Even the most optimistic arms negotiator agrees that, for decades ahead, we will be living in a world with tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, a few hundred of which could destroy us. Therefore, improving crisis management is an absolutely essential step towards reducing the risk of nuclear war. More than any other book I know of, Dr. Ury's book points out how that can be done."
Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, 1961–1968
"William Ury addresses the threat of nuclear confrontation and disaster and the means for reducing that threat in terms that are at once urgent, effective, and practical. This book is to be read not merely as one that is intelligent and instructive, but as a lucid statement of what needs to be and must be done."
John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University
"Must reading for anyone concerned with reducing the risk of nuclear war, whether or not the current arms control negotiations succeed. Serious consideration must be given to the kinds of practical crisis control measures outlined by Professor Ury."
Senator Sam Nunn
"This book is a succinct guide to urgently needed steps to pull the two superpowers back from the brink of a nuclear holocaust. This useful book shows what can be done quickly to reduce the risk of nuclear war."
Randall Forsberg, Former Advisor, Advisory Committee of US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
"Read this book; it's pure gold!"
Freeman Dyson, author of Weapons and Hope

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