found: Work cat.: Glasser, R.D. Nuclear pre-emption and crisis stability, 1985-1990, c1986.
found: Semler, E. The language of nuclear war, c1986:p. 64 ("Crisis stability is a condition in which neither superpower feels compelled to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. In crisis stability, both superpowers reason that if a nuclear attack were launched, the enemy would be able to inflict an unacceptably destructive retaliation. In this way, each side would lose more than it would gain by launching a nuclear attack.")
found: Mayers, T. Understanding nuclear weapons and arms control, c1986:p. 113 ("Crisis stability : a strategic situation in which neither side has an incentive to use nuclear weapons during a crisis.")
notfound: DOD dict.;Quick dict. weapons
