POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mutual Assured Destruction, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Assault
13 Mar 2014
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Political science 1g06 2013 ii lecture 7a: it"s a mad world. What was cold about the cold war: 1946-1991. The cold war was more than just a military standoff between two military and industrial powers. Both parties also represented fundamentally different ideological, political, and economic systems. It represented a confrontation between two ways of life . It was assumed by most, including strategic planners, that the cold. War would continue until it reached a tipping point where armed conflict would ultimately resolve the issue. Nuclear deterrence- a strategy of retaliation, not for defence. Nuclear deterrence is a security strategy based upon a simple premise: Any invasion directed at the nuclear state or its allies will automatically be responded to with a devastating nuclear retaliation. In essence it makes the cost of military conflict too high for it to be rational.
