Mutually Assured Destruction was a standing policy during the Cold War, in which the United States and the U.S.S.R. maintained and expanded nuclear arsenals beyond practical levels. What could explain such a phenomenon?

A) insane public officials who were bent on world domination
B) a prisoners' dilemma
C) a leader-follower type game
D) tacit collusion

B

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A) counted; overstate B) counted; understate C) not counted; overstate D) not counted; understate

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