1st Edition

New Issues In International Crisis Management

Edited By Gilbert R. Winham Copyright 1988
    270 Pages
    by Routledge

    270 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book focuses primarily on the U.S.–USSR relationship and includes case studies of crisis management among non-superpowers. It addresses the important question of how human control can be maximized in situations of international crisis.

    Introduction Part One: Theory and Practice 1. Crisis Management: A Critical Appraisal 2. Clausewitz, Loss of Control, and Crisis Management Part Two: Superpower Relations 3. U.S.-Soviet Global Rivalry: Norms of Competition 4. Arms Control Negotiations and the Stability of Crisis Management Part Three: Nuclear Crisis Management 5. Enhancing Crisis Stability: Correcting the Trend Toward Increasing Instability 6. Approaches to Nuclear Risk Reduction Part Four: Crisis Management in Regional Context 7. The Managed and the Managers: Crisis Prevention in the Middle East 8. Alternative Attempts at Crisis Management: Concepts and Processes 9. Conclusion