Nuclear Deterrence and A Prospective Assessment of the Russian-Ukrainian War
Journal: Journal of Applied and Theoretical Social Sciences
Year: 2023

Nuclear weapons, which people first became acquainted with in history with the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States of America towards the end of the Second World War, have been a deterrent tool, especially with this painful experience in which 220,000 civilians lost their lives, and have been used for this purpose when needed by those countries who possess them. Nuclear deterrence was most intensely used as a deterrent tool, especially during the Cold War and between the two gr