For several decades during the cold war, the US Berlin Brigade (and its British and French counterparts) defended West Berlin. What could those hugely outnumbered American soldiers have done had the Red Army attacked? As strategist Thomas Schelling bluntly put it, they could die – heroically perhaps – but in any case American military power would seek to avenge them. That tripwire deterred the Soviets and kept West Berlin free.
冷战的数十年间，美军柏林旅(Berlin Brigade)（同英法士兵一道）保卫着西柏林。如果苏联红军发起进攻，寡不敌众的美国士兵能做些什么呢？如同战略家托马斯•谢林(Thomas Schelling)不客气地指出的一般，美国士兵会被杀死（也许是英勇就义），但美国军队无论如何都会为他们报仇。这个绊索让苏联不敢轻举妄动，也让西柏林保持着自由。
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