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The U.S. Escalation Cycle, 1960-2018

The U.S. Escalation Cycle, 1960-2018

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Sep 12, 2019
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Scholars of international politics regard the relative balance of forces as the crucial controlling variable. Under the shadow of thermonuclear weapons, forces-in-being came to matter more than intrinsic war potential. But like every other measure, the relative balance hides as much as it reveals. We get no sense of the escalation cycle of either great …

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