THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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an event in which two nations race to the brink of war, but avoid declaring war.
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a competition between nations to achieve more powerful weapons arsenal (factory)
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a war in which nations destroy other nations’ weapons instead of using combat.
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a battle that only involves nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
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Detailed explanation-1: -To help discourage Soviet communist expansion, the United States built more atomic weaponry. But in 1949, the Soviets tested their own atomic bomb, and the Cold War nuclear arms race was on.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. The arms race led many Americans to fear that nuclear war could happen at any time, and the US government urged citizens to prepare to survive an atomic bomb.
Detailed explanation-3: -In order to try and slow down the Arms Race, the countries agreed to reduce arms through the SALT I and SALT II agreements. SALT stood for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. For the most part, the Arms Race came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Detailed explanation-4: -The nuclear arms race was perhaps the most alarming feature of the Cold War competition between the United States and Soviet Union.