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Clarence MaiMrs. ChaidERWC12 February, 2014Peace Through Strength No yield how oxymoronic it seems, I strongly agree with the phrase The only way to assemble 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 adopt the Cold War as proof that the weapons of war can also be used as instruments of peace. To start off, one of the key ideas back the tense, yet somewhat stable peace between the Soviet br new(prenominal)hood and United States during the second half of the 20th century was the concept of mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD. As both of the worlds superpowers try to outstrip each other in a nuclear armor 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 unsufferable loss of life and likely the extinction of the human race. Consider the Cuban Missi le Crisis, for instance. There were multiple times where all out nuclear war between the East and the West ca...