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Balance of terror, the Glossary

Index Balance of terror

The phrase "balance of terror" is usually, but not invariably,Rich Miller, Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg 27 February 2009.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Albert Wohlstetter, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Balance of power, Balance of power (international relations), Balance of threat, Bloomberg L.P., Capitalism, Charter of the United Nations, Cold War, Communism, Darien, Connecticut, Deterrence theory, Empire, Haaretz, Inauguration, John F. Kennedy, Lawrence Summers, Lester B. Pearson, Long Peace, Mutual assured destruction, Nuclear arms race, Nuclear warfare, Nuclear weapon, Peace through strength, RAND Corporation, Reagan Doctrine, Soviet Union, Superpower, United States, World War II, 2007–2008 financial crisis.

  2. Cold War terminology
  3. Deterrence theory during the Cold War

Albert Wohlstetter

Albert James Wohlstetter (December 19, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was an American political scientist noted for his influence on U.S. nuclear strategy during the Cold War.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Balance of power

Balance of power may refer to.

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Balance of power (international relations)

The balance of power theory in international relations suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others.

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Balance of threat

The balance of threat theory was proposed by Stephen M. Walt in his article Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power, published in the journal International Security in 1985.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

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Charter of the United Nations

The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Darien, Connecticut

Darien is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Deterrence theory

Deterrence theory refers to the scholarship and practice of how threats of using force by one party can convince another party to refrain from initiating some other course of action. Balance of terror and Deterrence theory are Cold War terminology and Deterrence theory during the Cold War.

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Empire

An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries".

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Haaretz

Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.

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Inauguration

In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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Lawrence Summers

Larry Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist who served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.

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Lester B. Pearson

Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

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Long Peace

"Long Peace", also described as the Pax Americana, is a term for the unprecedented historical period following the end of World War II in 1945 to the present day. Balance of terror and Long Peace are Cold War terminology.

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Mutual assured destruction

Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. Balance of terror and Mutual assured destruction are Cold War terminology.

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Nuclear arms race

The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Peace through strength

"Peace through strength" is a phrase that suggests that military power can help preserve peace.

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RAND Corporation

The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm.

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Reagan Doctrine

The Reagan Doctrine was a United States strategy implemented by the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union in the late Cold War.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Superpower

Superpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2007–2008 financial crisis

The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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See also

Cold War terminology

Deterrence theory during the Cold War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_terror

Also known as Balance of fear.