See wikipedia's list of common misconceptions for a demonstration of the explanatory power of things that are widely believed. Nuclear peace is a theory that fi

See wikipedia's list of common misconceptions for a demonstration of the explanatory power of things that are widely believed. Nuclear peace is a theory that find limited support for it's more conservative claims: as the single basis for the "long peace"* it is plainly lacking. *So called because intra-state conflict outside of NATO doesn't count.