Word: theorems
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This fear was part of the rationale for also seeking to prevent other nations from becoming nuclear powers; but behind that rationale was the more basic theorem that the possession of atomic weapons, even in their nonuse, was an incalculable political asset. In a proliferating world community, the U. S. and the Soviet Union would have grown progressively less powerful and influential; but if nuclear weapons could be kept out of everyone else's hands, the two would continue to flourish. The new application of the balance of power concept was indeed conceived, as Schelling pointed out, in terms...