POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE MARSHALL PLAN
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the rat race
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the space race
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the arms race
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the human race
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuban Missile Crisis The Cold War arms race came to a tipping point in 1962 after the John F. Kennedy administration’s failed attempt to overthrow Cuba’s premier Fidel Castro, and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev implemented a secret agreement to place Soviet warheads in Cuba to deter future coup attempts.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1952, the United States tested a new and more powerful weapon: the hydrogen bomb. The Soviet Union followed with its own version in 1953.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. The US government’s decision to develop a hydrogen bomb, first tested in 1952, committed the United States to an ever-escalating arms race with the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-5: -The arms race also helped launch the space race, as the superpowers competed for dominance in space. Sending rockets into space with satellites attached demonstrated the capability to do the same with nuclear warheads. In 1957 the Soviets shocked the world by sending the first satellite-Sputnik-into space.