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The purpose of this chapter is to ‘set the scene’ for the remainder of the book which deals with the problems and techniques of crisis management, the development of which is tied up with the history of the evolution of weapons technology and warfare.
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Notes and References
F. S. Northedge, The Use of Force in International Relations (London: Faber, 1974), p. 20.
P. Williams, Crisis Management: Confrontation and Diplomacy in the Nuclear Age (Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1976), p. 34.
J. Spanier, Games Nations Play (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984), pp. 157–8.
C. M. Bell, The Conventions of Crisis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 19.
A. N. Gilbert and P. G. Lauren, ‘Crisis Management — An Assessment and Critique’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 24, 4 (Dec. 1980), pp. 645–6.
J. E. Dougherty and R. L. Pfaltzgraff, Contending Theories of International Relations, 2nd edn. (New York: Harper & Row, 1981), p. 498.
D. Frei (ed.), International Crises and Crisis Management (Aldershot: Saxon House, 1978), p. 52.
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Roberts, J.M. (1988). Crisis Management. In: Decision-Making during International Crises. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19482-7_6
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