Crisis Warning: The Perception Behavior Interface.

Abstract

This report evaluates the current state of early warning procedures in State, Defense, and CIA for their ability to recognize crises. Emphasis is upon the perceptual ingredient of crisis recognition, the operational control of actions during the shift to crisis management and the impact of shifts in the international environment in which crises take place. Procedures of the Defense Department in all three areas were found in need of some adjustment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA070034

Entities

People

  • Richard Rimkunas
  • Warren Phillips

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.