How Nuclear Deterrence Theory developed - The Cold War DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video examining the basis of deterrence theory that developed in the 1950s, the bedrock of how nuclear weapons were to be used, and not used. How the RAND Corporation created American strategy:    • How the RAND Corporation created American ...   The Nuclear Wannabes: Sweden, Brazil and Argentina:    • The Nuclear Wannabes: How Sweden, Brazil a...   Israel: the Officially Unofficial Nuclear State:    • Israel: the Officially Unofficial Nuclear ...   Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship:    • Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship -...   What Happened to the German and Japanese POWs?:    • What Happened to the German and Japanese P...   Operation Paperclip:    • Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL   German Expulsions:    • German Expulsions After WWII - Cold War DO...   Soviet Education System:    • Soviet Education System - Cold War DOCUMEN...   How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People:    • How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People   Novocherkassk Massacre 1962:    • Novocherkassk Massacre 1962 - Soviet Army ...   Soviet Tourism:    • Soviet Tourism: How did People Get In and ...   Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?:    • Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Ref...   Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold in Europe:    • Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold i...   How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race:    • How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race -...   Soviet Television and Radio:    • Soviet Television and Radio - COLD WAR DOC...   Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union:    • Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union - Cold ...   Support us on Patreon:   / thecoldwar  , Youtube membership    / @thecoldwartv   ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/thecoldwar ✔ Patreon ►   / thecoldwar   ✔ Facebook ►   / thecoldwartv   ✔ Instagram ►  / thecoldwartv   #ColdWar #ColdWarHistory #Nuclear #Deterrence #DeterrenceTheory #Brodie #Wohlstetter #rand SOURCES: Bernard Brodie “The Absolute Weapon”, 1946 Bernard Brodie, “Strategy in the Missile Age”, 1959 Albert Wohlstetter and Roweena Wohlstetter, “Nuclear Heuristics: Selected writings of Albert Wohlstetter and Roweena Wohlstetter”, 2009 Marc Trachtenberg, “History and Strategy”, 1991 Alex Abella, “Soldiers of Reason”, 2008 Fred Kaplan, “Wizards of Armageddon”, 1983 Lawrence Freedman, “The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy”, 1983 Barry Zellen, “Bernard Brodie and the Bomb”, 2015