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Meanings of deterrence theory in English

Russian
ядерное сдерживание
Portuguese
teoria da intimidação
Spanish
teoría de la disuasión
Catalan
teoria de la dissuasió nuclear

Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons.

        ядерное сдерживание
        Usage of deterrence theory in English
        1
        At the heart of the deterrence theory is a readiness, under certain circumstances, to commit mass slaughter on an unprecedented scale.
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        2
        Whatever your view of the vengeance and deterrence theories of capital punishment, it should be obvious that this case is special.
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