Abstract

This work focused on the Balance of Terror as the weapon for the preservation of International Peace. It endeavour to find out to what extend the Balance power prevented the outbreak of the Third World War. This was so because neither the United States nor the Soviet Union would risk nuclear Armageddon to advance territorial or power goals, hence a fearful stalemate ensued. This era heralded the advent of the most destructive instruments in the annals of humans’ development – the Atomic Bomb and the Ballistic Missiles. The presence of these instruments in the midst of humanity, gave rational beings something to worry about the study employed the historical methods which emphasise description, thematic presentation, interpretation and analysis of facts. Information for this study was obtained from secondary sources like textbooks, journal articles, magazines, and so on were used. The findings show that the increment in armament and the sophistication of nuclear weapons endangered human existence in this planet. Yet it crave strategies for the preservation of international peace through Balance of Terror.