Understanding the argument -
The Theory of military deterrence was based on a simple psychological truth, that fear of retaliation makes a would-be aggressor nation hesitate before attacking and is often sufficient to deter it altogether from attacking. - Background info.
Clearly, then, to maintain military deterrence, a nation would have to be believed to have retaliatory power so great that a potential aggressor nation would have reason to think that it could not defend itself against such retaliation. - Conclusion.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred?
(A) would-be aggressor nation can be deterred from attacking only if it has certain knowledge that it would be destroyed in retaliation by the country it attacks. - This is hyperbolic. The argument states that just a "belief" of that is sufficient but this argument overstates that to "certain knowledge." Moreover, there is no minimum condition relationship
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The Theory of military deterrence was based on a simple psychological truth, that fear of retaliation makes a would-be aggressor nation hesitate before attacking and is often sufficient to deter it altogether from attacking. - Background info.
Clearly, then, to maintain military deterrence, a nation would have to be believed to have retaliatory power so great that a potential aggressor nation would have reason to think that it could not defend itself against such retaliation. - Conclusion.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred?
(A) would-be aggressor nation can be deterred from attacking only if it has certain knowledge that it would be destroyed in retaliation by the country it attacks. - This is hyperbolic. The argument states that just a "belief" of that is sufficient but this argument overstates that to "certain knowledge." Moreover, there is no minimum condition relationship
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