455 | Sarah Scoles: What Does the Future Hold for America's Nuclear Arsenal?
The Realignment
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The Role of Nuclear Weapons in Preventing Large-Scale Wars
This chapter discusses the role of nuclear weapons in preventing large-scale wars from occurring. The speaker acknowledges that the absence of wars escalating to the level of nuclear weapons is not solely attributed to their existence, but they do contribute to a deterrent effect. The conversation explores the historical context of how World War I was meant to be the war to end all wars but eventually led to World War II.
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