However, I’d argue that a lot of this coordination came from the prospect of one side winning the war. The losing sides would loss out relative to the rest of the world.
Would you actually argue this? If this were the perspective had by all players, why wasn’t there a first strike, and why do I hear so often about the MAD doctrine?
First strike gives you a slightly bigger slice of the pie (due to the pie itself being slightly smaller), but then everyone else gets scared of you (including your own members).
MAD is rational because then you lose a proportion of the pie to third parties.
Would you actually argue this? If this were the perspective had by all players, why wasn’t there a first strike, and why do I hear so often about the MAD doctrine?
First strike gives you a slightly bigger slice of the pie (due to the pie itself being slightly smaller), but then everyone else gets scared of you (including your own members).
MAD is rational because then you lose a proportion of the pie to third parties.