Deterrence theory
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title:
Deterrence theory
text:
Deterrence theory refers to the scholarship and practice of how threats of using force by one party can convince another party to refrain from initiating some other course of action. The topic gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons and is related to but distinct from the concept of mutual assured destruction, according to which a full-scale nuclear attack on a power with second-strike capability would devastate both partie
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Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterrence_theory
date created:
2004-06-18T21:31:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:39:01Z
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