POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - Kenneth Waltz, Cuban Missile Crisis, Graham T. Allison
6 Aug 2012
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Waltz argument : in waltz he cites nuclear weapon as an effect determinant support the arugmet with examples. Major argument : nuclear weapons actually make the world safer. Back in the time before nuclear weapons , war was unlikely because of the outcomes u just had some sort of probability. ( better idea of what the results might be ) Waltz is arguing with nuclear weapons , with detterents its much more of a peaceful. Instability unknown unknown publicly stating what the other side has . Your ability to create something that is going to protect you , ultimate threat because the other side would want to take it out. Really limit your abilty to attack , but maintain the credible. Us deterrents stage : give the nuke codes general , generals would still be able to send missile , which would detter this in the first place.
