The Nuclear Factor in Global Politics: Myths and Reality
... practice the ability of nukes to prevent a conflict with undue risks is not so easy. First, how can one find the causal relationship between absence of a world war during the past 70 years and possession of nuclear weapons by global powers? Was it the nuclear deterrent that has been restraining warmongering politicians itching to attack their opponents? For example, the United States gave up the idea to nuke the Soviet Union in early 1950s in the meanest period of the Cold War when Moscow was short ...