massive retaliation
21Mutual assured destruction — Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing Effects Delivery Espionage …
22Deterrence theory — This article is about deterrent theories of punishment. For legal theory of justice, see Deterrence (legal). Deterrence theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons, and… …
23Flexible response — HistoryThe New Look policy, though initially useful, quickly became obsolete with the introduction of inter continental delivery systems that undermined the credibility of a deterrence threat. The cornerstone of U.S. and European defense strategy …
24Herman Kahn — Infobox Person name = Herman Kahn caption = Interview with Herman Kahn, author of On Escalation , May 11, 1965 birth date = February 15, 1922 birth place = Bayonne, New Jersey death date = death date and age|1983|7|7|1922|2|15 death place =… …
25Nuklearstrategie — Eine Nuklearstrategie ist ein strategisches Konzept, das den angedrohten oder tatsächlichen Einsatz von Kernwaffen zu politischen Zwecken umfasst. Aufgrund ihres außergewöhnlich hohen Zerstörungspotenzials nehmen Kernwaffen seit ihrem erstmaligen …
26Robert McNamara — Infobox Officeholder name = Robert McNamara imagesize = small caption = order = 8th United States Secretary of Defense term start = January 21, 1961 term end = February 29, 1968 vicepresident = viceprimeminister = deputy = Roswell Gilpatric,… …
27Vergeltung — Als Vergeltung (lat. Retaliation, eigentlich Wiedervergeltung)[1] bezeichnet man im weitesten Sinn jede Reaktion auf eine vorhergegangene Aktion auf Gegenseitigkeit (Reziprozität). Nach dem Soziologen Richard Thurnwald ist Gegenseitigkeit, die… …
28mas´sive|ness — mas|sive «MAS ihv», adjective. 1. big and heavy; large and solid; huge: »a massive rock, a massive building, a massive wrestler. SYNONYM(S): weighty, ponderous, bulky. 2. giving the impression of being large and broad: »a massive forehead. 3.… …
29mas´sive|ly — mas|sive «MAS ihv», adjective. 1. big and heavy; large and solid; huge: »a massive rock, a massive building, a massive wrestler. SYNONYM(S): weighty, ponderous, bulky. 2. giving the impression of being large and broad: »a massive forehead. 3.… …
30mas|sive — «MAS ihv», adjective. 1. big and heavy; large and solid; huge: »a massive rock, a massive building, a massive wrestler. SYNONYM(S): weighty, ponderous, bulky. 2. giving the impression of being large and broad: »a massive forehead. 3. Figurative.… …
