Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.
Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.
The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.
You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.
Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.
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