1. Accidental Nuclear War: the Problematique / Han Wiberg -- 2. Accidental Nuclear War in the Context of Global Problems / Karl K. Rebane -- 3. Strategic Defense and Inadvertent Nuclear War / Herbert L. Abrams -- 4. Accidental Nuclear War Considered from the Area of Reliability of Large Technological Systems / Bent Natvig -- 5. Computers and Accidental Nuclear Conflict / Boris V. Rauschenbach -- 6. Human Reliability, Instability, and the Control of Nuclear Weapons / Herbert L. Abrams -- 7. Why We Cannot Rely on Decision-Makers in Times of Crisis / Marta Cullberg-Weston -- 8. Preventing the Ultimate Disaster: Misperception at the Top / Frederick L. Shiels -- 9. The Time Factor / Francesco Calogero -- 10. The Psychology of Risk Compensation and its implications for Accidental Nuclear War / Morris Bradley -- 11. The Security Paradox and the Fear Trap / Ib Damgaard Petersen and Paul Smoker -- 12. Nuclear Proliferation: Neither Safe nor Stable / Lloyd R. Leavitt and Paul Bracken.

13. Minimizing the Risks for Accidental Nuclear War: An Agenda for Action / Michael D. Intriligator and Dagobert L. Brito -- 14. Political Aspects of Minimizing the Risk of Accidental Nuclear War / Alexander K. Kislov -- 15. Counteracting Accidental Nuclear War / Vladimir Belous -- 16. Would Actions to Survive a Nuclear Winter Help Public Opinion See the Urgency of Preventive Measures? / Ingemar Ahlstrand -- 17. Multilateral Measures to Prevent Accidental Nuclear War and to Manage Nuclear Crisis / Tapio Kanninen -- Appendix A -- The Stockholm Declaration -- Appendix B -- Abbreviations -- Appendix C -- Bibliography.