- “In the nuclear age it is impossible not to be honest and moral, because both sides are interested in survival.” (p. 258)
Lesson: Fear can drive both sides to moral action in the nuclear age.
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- “We have to establish more general levels of contacts. After the crisis, we established the hot line.” (p. 260)
Lesson: Good channels of communication are critical, especially during crises.
Cited in James G. Blight and David Welch, On the Brink: Americans and Soviets reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis (New York: Hill and Wang, 1989).
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