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Clarence MaiMrs. ChaidERWC12 February, 2014Peace Through Strength No bet how oxymoronic it seems, I strongly agree with the phrase The only way to mark for peace is to be prepared for war.I feel that this relates back to the adage that the best defense is a good offense. For me, I mickle the Cold War as proof that the weapons of war can besides be used as instruments of peace. To start off, one of the key ideas hobo the tense, yet somewhat stable peace between the Soviet fraternity and United States during the second half of the 20th century was the concept of in return Assured Destruction, or MAD. As both of the worlds superpowers attempt to outstrip each early(a) in a atomic weaponry race, it grew increasingly apparent that should one nation attempt to strike the other or its allies with nuclear weapons, the consequences from the secondary strike would cause an unimaginable loss of life and likely the extinction of the human race. Consider the Cuban Missile Crisis, for instance. There were multiple times where all out nuclear war between the East and the West ca...