WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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The idea that if each side builds up their weapons, it will deter the other side from attacking
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The peace talks between the Soviet Union and the United States
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The idea that if each side limits their weapons, peace will occur
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The theory that each country involved in the Cold War should limit their weapons
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nuclear deterrence is based on the assumption that a country will avoid starting a nuclear war in order to protect its own security.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deterrence theory holds that nuclear weapons are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons, through the promise of retaliation and possibly mutually assured destruction. Nuclear deterrence can also be applied to an attack by conventional forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Cold War, deterrence strategy was aimed mainly at preventing aggression by the hostile Communist power centers-the USSR and its allies, Communist China, and North Korea. In particular, the strategy was devised to prevent a nuclear attack by the USSR or China.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States adopted nuclear deterrence, the credible threat of retaliation to forestall enemy attack. To make its threat convincing, the United States during the 1950s developed and deployed several types of delivery systems for attacking the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons.