...capabilities: deterrence, diplomacy, defense, preventive war. Because nuclear weapons were viewed as impossible to defend against, and preventive war was thought too costly and uncertain of success, the United States relied heavily on deterrence and diplomacy in the Cold War and the first ten years thereafter. However, conservatives long chafed at the...

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