Why, in Fearon's view, might a state not want to reveal their superiority to their opponent?

a. It may provoke an opponent into a preemptive strike.
b. It may provoke an opponent into a preventive strike.
c. In rationalist explanations of war, superiority is a liability.
d. Doing so might destroy the possibility of an effective first strike and thereby compromise that superiority.


d

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