Dr. Strangelove Questions #1
Vocabulary: define the following words.
megaton
megadeath
M.A.D.
deterrence
Characters: Write a brief description of the following characters.
Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Capt. Lionel Mandrake
Gen. Buck Turgidson
Maj. T.J. "King" Kong
President Muffley
Ambassador Alexei de Sadeski
Premier Dimitri Kizof
Answer the following questions.
During the "Cold War" there were some people who accepted the inevitability of a nuclear war and tried to plan for it. Many people objected that this type of thinking desensitized leaders making them more likely to start a nuclear war with casualties of 20 - 50 million Americans and as many Russians. What do you think?
What was the policy of Mutually Assured Destruction? Did it work?
During the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union were pursuing a policy of mutual assured destruction, why were missiles that could permit a defense against nuclear attack seen as dangerous and destabilizing?
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