Beyond the Hotline

by William Ury

The author's crisis control safeguard system to prevent accidental nuclear war deals not with the limitation or reduction of nuclear weapons, but rather emphasizes communication and mutual understanding between the people who might fire those weapons

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

William Ury is an American author, academic, anthropologist, and negotiation expert. He co-founded the Harvard Program on Negotiation. Additionally, he helped found the International Negotiation Network with former President Jimmy Carter. Ury is the co-author of Getting to Yes with Roger Fisher, which set out the method of principled negotiation and established the idea of the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA) within negotiation theory.