Nuclear Hotlines: Origins, Evolution, Applications

Soviet and American leaders learned during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 that inadequate communication raised perilous risks and dangers in the nuclear age. The US–Soviet Hotline was created soon thereafter, in 1963, and has operated continuously ever since. It was intended to provide a q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steven E. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-03-01
Series:Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25751654.2021.1903763