POLS 1301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Perfect Competition, Unilateralism, Nuclear Warfare

• School: Temple University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1301
• Professor: Bonny J Wells

Document Summary

Arms race: an action reaction process of acquiring arms (in this case nuclear) in response to the arms acquisitions of an adversary. Gun vs butter: a way summarize the presumed trade offs between military preparedness and economic performance during peacetime. Minimum deterrence: a nuclear strategy requiring only a second-strike capability that can be achieved with a relatively small nuclear stockpile. Che(cid:373)i(cid:272)al (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)s: (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)ized (cid:272)he(cid:373)i(cid:272)al age(cid:374)ts desig(cid:374)ed to atta(cid:272)k the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s (cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:448)ous s(cid:455)ste(cid:373), (cid:271)lood, ski(cid:374), o(cid:396) lungs. Biological weapons: biological agents instead, such as viruses and toxins designed to cause disease and death. Security dilemma: (cid:449)he(cid:374) a state"s se(cid:272)u(cid:396)it(cid:455) is see(cid:374) as a(cid:374)othe(cid:396) state"s i(cid:374)se(cid:272)u(cid:396)it(cid:455), su(cid:272)h as i(cid:396)a(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:374)u(cid:272)lea(cid:396) weapons for their own security causing the us to freak out. P(cid:396)iso(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a: a ga(cid:373)e i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the (cid:271)est st(cid:396)ateg(cid:455) fo(cid:396) (cid:271)oth oppo(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts is to defe(cid:272)t, (cid:271)ut that (cid:455)ields an outcome worse than the one achieved by mutual cooperation.