The de-escalation of a nuclear crisis is one of the major issues facing humankind. This book examines how nations in crises might successfully move back from the brink of nuclear war and how confidence-building measures might help and hinder the de-escalatory process.

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Part 1 Perspectives on crisis de-escalation and building confidence: the theory of confidence-building measures, Richard E. Darilek; a Soviet view, Sergei Y. Tikhov; some lessons from 20th century crises and wars, Philip J. Romero; behavioral factors in nuclear crisis de-escalation, Paul K. Davis and Barry Wolf. Part 2 Nuclear operations and de-escalatory measures: de-escalatory confidence building measures and U.S. nuclear operations, Glenn G. Buchan; de-escalation and Soviet nuclear operations, David Frelinger. Part 3 Future prospects and conclusions: de-escalatory confidence-building measures after START, Paul N. Stockton; non-superpower nuclear crisis de-escalation, William C. Marte; conclusions, Joseph E. Nation.