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MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION


=A brief description of the event (no more than one paragraph)=

=== M.A.D. was the main theory that revolved around the battle between the Soviet Union and the United States. Also known as Mutually Assured Destruction, it referred to the idea that there will be a nuclear, catastrophic destruction if any of the Cold War participants (especially the Soviet Union or the United States) were to strike a nuclear attack. An attack of either of the states would also guarantee a destruction to the other nation. It was a prevalent idea at the time, since the two superpowers of North America and Europe were about to face off a serious international battle that may involve nuclear weapons, as well as a possible end to humanity. An example of such closest to an “assured destruction” is the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. ===

=A list of "major players" involved (nations involved, heads of states, other people of prominence)= = = = The following countries are based on those of the Cold War based on the United States’ history. Other countries that seemed to have, or is thought to have an international capability of a nuclear power are United Kingdom, France, Israel, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and South Africa. = = = = United States = = Japan (what made the United States stand out as a nuclear power = = Soviet Union =

=Dates=

== July 25, 1980 - President Jimmy Carter issues the “countervailing strategy”, which did __**not**__ propose a nuclear strike and warfare against the Soviet Union in case of a big conflict, but rather to save the lives of the innocent from nuclear war and kill the military leadership behind the country. ==

June 2002- U.S. Develops missile-defense programs by withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, only for the purpose of defending itself from further nuclear conflicts in the world.
=The outcome of this event=

== The theory of M.A.D, back in the era of the Cold War, was mainly between the Soviet Union and the United States. The theory of M.A.D. Circulated over the idea that if one nation were to strike a nuclear attack, then the other will do so in response, which will create the destruction and emergence of a disaster. With the two superpowers almost close to striking such a catastrophic mess, the two countries would sign the __**Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty**__on 1972, which would limit themselves on missile development. The nuclear fear would end by this point between the two nations. ==

=How this event influenced the Cold War as a whole=

== M.A.D was the theory that many predicted would happen between the United States and the Soviet Union. The M.A.D. Influenced many Americans by increasing the sale of bomb shelters, as well as other emergency “fallout” evacuation materials because fear became imminent. M.A.D and its fearful predictions were what showed not just these two countries, but other international countries that nuclear warfare needs to stop. The fears as well as the consequences of M.A.D on humanity would ultimately be the determinant of creating peace between the Soviet Union and the United States later in the 1990’s. ==

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= =Bibliography=

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