MAD means that the leaders know they risk their own lives. That's the elephant in the room. Before MAD, for thousands of years, all the big populations were sh

MAD means that the leaders know they risk their own lives. That's the elephant in the room. Before MAD, for thousands of years, all the big populations were shaped/educated/pushed into limitless sacrifice for the motherland. > collective security organisations are a far more potent force for peace than nuclear weapons I think if you take MAD away, the "collective security organisations" would quickly break into good ol' alliances.