WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrance
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the Marshal Plan
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the Monroe Doctrine
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NATO keeping Warsaw Pact countries in line
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Detailed explanation-1: -mutual assured destruction, principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mutually assured destruction is based on the principle that if a particular weapon is used in an attack, the nation being attacked will be able to retaliate with equal force and destruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -deterrence, military strategy under which one power uses the threat of reprisal effectively to preclude an attack from an adversary power.