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biggirl4568

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What Cold War divergence from conventional wisdom about bipolarity might nuclear weapons help explain?
 
  a. Bipolar systems always end in military conflict, producing a clear victor.
   b. Bipolar systems are the least stable of structural system arrangements.
   c. Bipolar systems evolve from unipolar systems.
  d. None of these answers is correct.
  e. Bipolar systems either erode or explode.

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Why did the Americans have more credibility in their deterrent position in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
 
  a. The Americans had higher stakes and readily available conventional forces.
  b. The Americans had no nuclear missiles based as close to the Soviet Union as Cuba was to the United States.
  c. The stakes were higher for the Soviets because they had far less nuclear intercontinental missiles than the Americans.
  d. The Soviets were faced with the loss of an ally in Cuba, while the United States faced no similar threat over any of its allies.
  e. Khrushchev had less control over the decision making of his military than did Kennedy over the U.S. military.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: e

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a




biggirl4568

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Reply 2 on: Sep 4, 2018
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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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