The '''"balance of terror"''' between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[Cold War]] was based primarily on the concept of [[mutually assured destruction]] (MAD). <ref>[http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2392 Globalism Versus Globalization] by Joseph Nye - The Globalist</ref> | The '''"balance of terror"''' between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[Cold War]] was based primarily on the concept of [[mutually assured destruction]] (MAD). <ref>[http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2392 Globalism Versus Globalization] by Joseph Nye - The Globalist</ref> |