As such, when one spoke of nuclear war, one spoke in terms of great power conflict — between the United States and Russia or China. We have seemed to embrace the utility of nuclear war, without honestly acknowledging the consequences of such. Second, the era of American conventional military dominance is over. The fact that the United States has willfully embarked on a Highway to Hell condemns the rest of the world — especially Russia and China — to join us. Because there will be no victors in a nuclear war.