NOWADAYS, we use the term “domino effect” in our everyday conversations, to refer to significant consequences of initial actions. An individual’s actions, for example, might be perceived as having ...

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield.

At the outset of the Cold War and the dawn of the era of nuclear competition, the United States and the Soviet Union worked quickly to develop large stockpiles of weapons and to demonstrate the power ...

"The current questioning of nuclear deterrence implies something other than its withering away. There is no post-nuclear strategy. . . .[T]he nuclear instrument remains the central element in the ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...