Studying first-strike stability with knowledge-based models of human decision-making
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Author
Contributions
- Rand Corporation. - Contributor
- Rand/UCLA Center for the Study of Soviet International Behavior. - Contributor
Publication
1989 - Rand, Santa Monica, CA, California
Language
English
Word Count
25,000 words, Guess
Page Count
100 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100833009532
- ISBN-139780833009531
- Library of Congress Control Number89004022
- Open LibraryOL2186019M
Classifications
- DDC355.02/17
- LCCU263 .D39 1989
Description
First-strike stability depends on the improbability of crises and the improbability that crises would result in first strikes. This study focuses on the latter criterion, which in turn depends on crisis decisionmaking by human beings. The report argues that efforts to understand and improve first-strike stability should be guided by a formal theory of human decisionmaking that accounts for behavioral factors such as mindset, desperation, fatalism, perceptions, and fears. The author identifies three principal mechanisms for improving first-strike stability: (1) improve force-posture stability; (2) review and adjust nuclear policies and doctrine, and the way they are discussed; and (3) improve the likely quality of crisis decisionmaking through efforts involving education, exercises, and staffing.
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