Preventing war by promising to raise its costs to an unacceptable leve…

Question

Preventing war by promising to raise its costs to an unacceptable level is called:

Accepted Answer

A. Deterrence

1. Governments have three basic choices when threatened.
2. Deterrence is preventing war.
3. Defence is limiting or ending war.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7, Security in the Contemporary World._

Answer

Defence

Answer

Surrender

Answer

Alliance

Preventing war by promising to raise its costs to an unacceptable level is called:

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