> The dude who invented the MAD doctrine did not get the award

No, he didn't win the award, because MAD doctrine (aside from it being immoral) doesn't actually work in the real world.

It's an idealized model based on game theory, which doesn't deal with pesky complexities such as irrationality, salami tactics, short-range CBMs, anti-missile defenses, tactical nukes and so on. (That's why many of these things used to be banned by treaties, to continue to pretend that MAD is actually required for peace. In reality many nations do not have nukes and live in peace.)