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mutual assured destruction: see nuclear strategy nuclear strategy, a policy for the use of nuclear weapons. The first atomic bombs were used in the context of the Allies' World War II policy of strategic bombing. Early in the cold war, U.S.
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No references found			For the president, the policy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) was truly mad. Looking for the perfect history by Edwards, Lee / The American Spectator Efforts to develop a more nuanced application have never succeeded, from the doctrine of a geographically limited nuclear war of the 1950s and 1960s to the mutual assured destruction theory of general nuclear war of the 1970s. A World Free from Nukes is Possible, If.. by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) It provides a concise historical sketch of the evolution of the post-World War II security environment from the emergence of nuclear powers to the Cold War-era deterrence theory of mutual assured destruction. Strategic Defense in the Nuclear Age: A Reference Handbook by Caton, Jeffrey L. / Joint Force Quarterly			muthmannite muti Muti, Riccardo Mutianus Rufus Mutilation Mutillidae Mutina War muting circuit muting switch mutiny Mutiny on the Bounty Mutis, José Celestino Mutism Muton Mutran, Khalil Mutsu Mutsuhito mutt Mutter mutter machine mutton mutton bird Muttra Mutual Admiration Society mutual admittance mutual assured destruction Mutual Benefit Fund mutual branch Mutual Broadcasting System MBS mutual capacitance mutual conductance mutual deadlock mutual exclusion mutual exclusion rule mutual fund mutual impedance Mutual Inductance Mutual Induction mutual interference mutual recursion mutualism Mutualists mutuality of phases mutually exclusive events mutually recursive Mutule Muuga, Leili Muuga, Leili Adamovna Muurisepp, Aleksei Müürisepp, Aleksei Muwaylihi, Muhammad			Mutual Aid Agreement Mutual Aid and Operations Common Channel Mutual Aid and Resource Sharing Mutual Aid Association Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Mutual Aid Emergency Response Plan Mutual Aid Program Mutual Aid Region Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee Mutual Aid Sharing Plan Mutual aid societies Mutual aid society mutual and bidirectional Mutual Appreciation Mutual assent Mutual assent Mutual Assistance Group Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Mutual Assistance Pact Mutual Assistance Parole Plan Mutual Assistance, Executive Mutual association Mutual association Mutual Association of Real Estate Practitioners Mutual Associations Mutual Associations Mutual Assured Annoyance mutual assured destruction Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pool Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pool Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pools mutual attraction Mutual Attraction Hormones mutual aversion Mutual bank Mutual bank Mutual Banks Mutual Banks Mutual Benefit Fund Mutual Benefit Insurance Company mutual branch Mutual Broadcasting System Mutual Broadcasting System MBS Mutual Building and Loan Association Mutual capacitance Mutual Climatic Range Mutual Coherence Function Mutual Companies Mutual Companies Mutual company Mutual company Mutual Concept Computer Group, Inc mutual concern mutual concession Mutual conductance mutual conductances

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