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Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior, first published in 1982, examines the question: for what purposes and under what conditions were Soviet leaders prepared to take risks in international relations? It defines the concept of risk in nuclear-armed foreign relations, and analyses Soviet behavior in the Berlin crises.
List of contents
Part 1. Theory 1. Risk and Risk-Taking 2. A Chess Game Named Disaster 3. Pandora’s Marble Pot 4. Crisis and Risk in International Relations 5. Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior: Wisdoms and Conventional Wisdoms Part 2. Case Studies 2.1. The Berlin Crisis of 1948 6. Interpretations, Ambiguities and Questions 7. Evolution of the Crisis: Events, Perceptions, Risks and Stages of Development 8. Factors of Risk-Taking 9. 1948: Process Analysis 10. 1948: Consequences, Conclusions and Lessons 2.2. The Berlin Crisis of 1961 11. Interpretations, Ambiguities and Questions 12. Evolution of the Crisis: Events, Perceptions, Risks and Stages of Development 13. Factors of Risk-Taking 14. Process Analysis 15. Consequences, Conclusions and Lessons Part 3. Comparisons and Conclusions 16. Operational Principles of Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior 17. Factors of Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior
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Hannes Adomeit
Summary
Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior, first published in 1982, examines the question: for what purposes and under what conditions were Soviet leaders prepared to take risks in international relations? It defines the concept of risk in nuclear-armed foreign relations, and analyses Soviet behavior in the Berlin crises.
