Concept of deterrence

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

The map was undoubtedly a means of calming American anxieties (or fomenting the feelings of long term risk) during a particularly sensitive time of the cold war.

Concept of deterrence (Huge map zoom)

Shows you just how weird I am, I guess.

I don't find the map calming at all. It makes me want to immediately look at the maps that show all the various points where we can be struck by our enemies. I don't think for one second they are just going to sit there and allow themselves to be attacked and not fight back.