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The Petrov incident and Able Archer, while of… – The Exculpating Myth of Accidental War

The Petrov incident and Able Archer, while often used as cautionary tales about the fragility of the U.S.-Soviet nuclear peace, actually demonstrate the robustness of what Eisenhower called “‘the stability of the stalemate.