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Nuclear war is possible. But unlike Armageddon, the apocalyptic war prophesied to end history, nuclear war can have a wide range of possible outcomes. Many commentators and senior US government officials consider it a nonsurvivable event. The popularity of this view in Wasington has such a pervasive and malign effect upon American defense planning that it is rapidly becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy for the United States.
Colin S. Gray and Keith Payne are members of the professional staff at the Hudson Institute.
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Gray, C.S., Payne, K. (1989). Victory is Possible. In: Bobbitt, P., Freedman, L., Treverton, G.F. (eds) US Nuclear Strategy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19791-0_30
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