The goal of this paper was to determine if the Soviet Union's reaction to the Cuban Missile Crisis would be similar to the People's Republic of China's reaction to a crisis situation involving strategic nuclear assets. This was done taking into account the differences in Eastern and Western cultures, each government's decision making structures, and the differences between the past and present situations. The result is a set of recommendations to the Naval War College on the effectiveness of this method.

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Creator

• LaFrance, Maxwell Colby

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031009-215243

Advisor

• Vassallo, Helen G.

Year

• 2009

Center

• Japan Project Center (Kyoto or Osaka) - MQP

Sponsor

• U.S. Naval War College
• Yeaw, Christopher

Date created

• 2009-03-10

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management

Rights statement

• In Copyright