Mutually Assured Destruction Was a Standing Policy During the Cold

question 106

Multiple Choice

Mutually Assured Destruction was a standing policy during the Cold War,in which the United States and the U.S.S.R.maintained and expanded nuclear arsenals beyond practical levels.What could explain such a phenomenon?

• A) insane public officials who were bent on world domination
• B) a prisoners' dilemma
• C) a leader-follower type game
• D) tacit collusion

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