Command and Control of Nuclear War

Journal Article, Scientific American

January 1985

Author: Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security

For more information about this publication please contact the PDP Associate Director at 617-495-1412.

For Academic Citation:

Carter, Ashton B. "Command and Control of Nuclear War." Scientific American (January 1985).

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