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…that the United States will respond to communist threats to its allies not by using conventional forces but by relying on nuclear weapons. Shortly after this announcement of the doctrine, its policy was tested. The United States faced a difficult situation in Southeast…

…SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) denied Sunday ever admitting to U.S. officials that it had a secret nuclear weapons program and said it would unleash a "sea of fire" if the United States challenges the communist country. AP…

…, nuclear proliferation causes more harm than good and should be stopped. In this world today, too much focus is put on the production of nuclear weapons and not enough on bringing world peace without death and destruction. Therefore, governments around the world…

…of using nuclear weapons as a form of containment. The policy of Eisenhower's had potentially dangerous results however. In the case of an actual Communist action, the US would only be able to respond with nuclear war, or to devise a new plan. This also…

…, but not engaging in full-scale armed conflict. On the nuclear side of things, many countries adopted the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in an attempt to curb the spread of nuclear weapons and their threat to international…

…power between the two leading states in the system is a key determinant of stability. Small gaps foster peace; larger gaps promote war. (Leffler, p. 68) Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody’s bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful…

…power between the two leading states in the system is a key determinant of stability. Small gaps foster peace; larger gaps promote war. (Leffler, p. 68) Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody’s bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful…

…Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. In the late 1930s physicists in Europe and the United States realized that the fission of uranium could be used to create an extremely powerful explosive weapon. In August…

…not know the amount of technology the USA had gained. The Russians worried about the United States dominance, and started to make their own nuclear weapons thus ending the respectable relationship between the 2 nations. After 1945, mutual suspicion…

…to the London Free Press news, North Korea can "extract enough weapons-grade plutonium from its pool of 8,000 rods to build several nuclear bombs". Many believe that North Korea has already built one or two nuclear bombs and could have five or six in just a few…