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…What does the United States have to gain from a war with Iraq? Supporters of a war with Iraq say it will help prevent the risk of an attack by a weapons of mass destruction developed by Iraq. Critics of a military action that say nothing will be gained…

…. There are, of course, viable alternatives to war. The most effective means of addressing the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is to resume U.N. weapons inspections. Previous U.N. disarmament efforts were successful in eliminating Iraq's nuclear weapons program…

…fired, and the war was more of an extensive show of propaganda, or a war of words than it ever was a typical war. Although weapons were never fired, this period of time had several huge conflicts that brought the world to the brink of Nuclear War, and huge…

…the world may have been worse off. Without the outrage and destruction there would not be limits on the development of nuclear weapons and many more people could also of been killed. Even with all the atrocities of the modern world, man has learned from his…

…. Most of the damage to buildings and other structures from a nuclear explosion results, directly or indirectly, from the effects of the blast, as in the case with explosions caused by conventional weapons. The very rapid expansion of the bomb materials…

…, both now and in coming decades are actually more serious than what was posed by the USSR. The specter of an unstable personality with nuclear weapons in North Korea is bad enough in the near term, but it is the rise of China that has really captured…

…the world to the brink of nuclear devastation. Despite preventing an all out nuclear attack on the United States, Kennedy's actions lead to the Soviet's engaging "in the largest weapons buildup in their history." (p.893) After the crisis, Kennedy realized…

…, the Cold War was heavily manifest in the concerns about nuclear weapons and propaganda was were also critical and this tension shaped the lives of people around the world, almost as much as the actual fighting going on. The cold war was not limited…

…state of China, to agree of the principals of the United Nations Charter. During the Potsdam conference after the war in Europe had ended, Truman hinted to Stalin that a 'super-weapon' existed, and this was the start of the Nuclear Arms race. 'Let us…

…that it will retaliate against an aggressive state, and at the same time be prepared to take action if deterrence is not successful. The most effective deterrent factor in the contemporary world is the ability of the states to create and use nuclear weapons. What makes…