Author Question: According to Art, what is the strongest factor in mitigating the potential for war by miscalculation ... (Read 60 times)

cnetterville · **on:** Sep 10, 2018

According to Art, what is the strongest factor in mitigating the potential for war by miscalculation between China and the United States?

a. the possession of nuclear weapons by both sides
b. the extreme economic interdependence between the two powers
c. the shared understanding of historical great power relations, particularly Cold War relations and incidents such as the Cuban Missile Crisis
d. the much stronger presence of diplomatic ties between China and the United States than between previous great powers that engaged in conflict
e. the close proximity of Japan to China, both as a military threat to China and representing the potential loss of an important ally to the United States

Question 2

How does Art characterize the Soviet geopolitical threat during the Cold War?

a. as potentially dominant over the United States in both conventional and nuclear forces
b. twofold: to conquer and dominate the economic-industrial resources of western Eurasia and to control the oil reserves of the Persian Gulf
c. twofold: to conquer and dominate the economic-industrial resources of western Eurasia and spread Communist insurgency movements throughout the developing world
d. threefold: to ally militarily with China, conquer the resources of western Eurasia, and spread Communist insurgency movements throughout the developing world
e. threefold: to conquer and dominate the resources of eastern Asia, to control the oil resources of the Persian Gulf, and to spread Communist insurgency movements throughout the developing world