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Sass., Robert MacNamara is correct. According to Barnett, MAD was so
successful in keeping global peace that MacNamara is credited with the initiative that overshadows any "crimes" he may have committed in VietNam. Thank you!!!
posted by
kingmi
on December 14, 2004 at 1:14 PM
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Was it
Robert McNamara?
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is the doctrine of military strategy in which a full scale use of nuclear weapons by one of two opposing sides would result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of deterrence according to which the deployment of strong weapons is essential to threaten the enemy in order to prevent the use of the very same weapons.
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posted by
Sherri_G
on December 14, 2004 at 12:55 PM
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Sassy, correct. Who was the Secretary of Defense who coined the phrase?
posted by
kingmi
on December 14, 2004 at 12:49 PM
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We were each able to destroy each other many times
This fact was officially accepted in a military doctrine known as Mutual Assured Destruction, a.k.a. MAD. Mutual Assured Destruction began to emerge at the end of the Kennedy administration. MAD reflects the idea that one's population could best be protected by leaving it vulnerable so long as the other side faced comparable vulnerabilities. In short: Whoever shoots first, dies second.
posted by
Sherri_G
on December 14, 2004 at 9:00 AM
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