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What policy ensured that the cold war never escalated into a hot war between the two super powers?
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The is no policy that can prevent a war. If one nation wants to fight someone, there will almost always be a way (reason or excuse) to start one. Just like people, if someone wants to start trouble...they can...regardless of rules (or laws).
The only policy during the cold war was the US Government's "First Strike" doctrine. The US Military reserved the right to retaliate with chemical warfare weapons if the enemy used them first; the US military would not deploy bio weapons; but US doctrine called for FIRST STRIKE capabilities with nukes.
Translation: If there was going to be a nuclear war; the US was going to be the first to use atomic weapons. (To use an old western frontier adage, "to get the drop on the bad guy").
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