There is a hopeful idea in the world today. It is called crisis control. It offers a practical safeguard against the greatest danger of our time. Every morning the newspaper confronts us with the latest world crisis. Each carries the risk of igniting a U.S.-confrontation that, through miscalculation, accident, and misunderstanding could escalate out of control into nuclear war. Beyond the Hotline is for everyone who has ever worried about the nuclear threat and asked, What can be done? What can I do?" Here at last are some practical and politically feasible steps you can actively take.