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Strange Stability
How Cold War Scientists Set Out to Control the Arms Race and Ended Up Serving the Military-Industrial Complex
Benjamin Wilson
2025
Harvard University Press
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How a Criminology Concept Became the Backbone of the U.S.’s Cold War Strategy
How the concept of "deterrence" went from explaining criminal behavior to becoming a nuclear strategy.
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Benjamin Wilson
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Big Think
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November 27, 2025
