What is mutual assured destruction (MAD)?
a. the logic that assumes the certainty of a nuclear retaliation would prevent governments from launching such an attack in the first place
b. the inhibition of a first strike nuclear attack by an effective retaliatory or second-strike capability
c. the strategic approach to enhance deterrence by constructing “dummy” nuclear silos to undermine Soviet confidence in their targeting decisions
d. the strategic approach to concentrate the placement of missiles without efforts to conceal their whereabouts in order to preserve the capacity to retaliate
a. the logic that assumes the certainty of a nuclear retaliation would prevent governments from launching such an attack in the first place
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Powers that are shared by both the national and state governments are called
a. recurring powers. b. concurrent powers. c. coincident powers. d. equalizing powers. e. distributive powers.
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The Prime Minister of Great Britain is both a symbol of national unity and chief of state. B) The U.S. president is both the symbol of national unity and the chief of state. C) The Queen of England is both the symbol of national unity and chief of state. D) England does not have a person who is the symbol of national unity. E) The United States does not have a person who is the symbol of national unity.