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During the cold war America pursued a policy called 'mutually assured destruction'. That is if both sides (the US and the Soviet Union) had nuclear weapons neither side would fire because the other side would retaliate resulting in the destruction of both sides and possibly the world. However many people were opposed to nuclear weapons, fearing that a madman could become a ruler and launch missiles anyway. Arms treaties were signed, restricting the proliferation nuclear weapons. There were many protests and opinion was divided on the subject.

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