Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Deterrents - What Is the Argument?
After the two world wars it was widely accepted that such a war just could not, should not ever be fought again. And in an awful lot changed through the two world Wars and into the post cold war period. Overlaid above that is the argument for the necessity and legitimacy of doing this thing peractisi tink cor nuclear deterrents. Well, you got all this stuff, but there's still this starkly realist world where states can and almost certainly will go to war,. if the threat of nuclear violence isn't there to hold those impulses in check.
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