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Nuclear weapons and the balance of terror

The Rachman Review

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Near‑Misses: Cuban Missile Crisis and 1983 False Alarms

Gideon asks about close calls; Plokhy recounts the Cuban Missile Crisis and 1983 incident where officers averted launches based on judgment.

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