THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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A race between countries to build the most atomic bombs
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A race among countries for who could build the most submarines
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A race among countries as to who could build the most efficient military
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A race between countries to see who could have the biggest biceps
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Detailed explanation-1: -arms race, a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries. The term is often used quite loosely to refer to any military buildup or spending increases by a group of countries. The competitive nature of this buildup often reflects an adversarial relationship.
Detailed explanation-2: -An arms race occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
Detailed explanation-3: -Working in secrecy and in great haste, an army of men and women raced to build the world’s first atomic bomb in the midst of World War II. The code name for their clandestine military assignment: the Manhattan Project.
Detailed explanation-4: -"The war is won, ” he said in December 1945, “but the peace is not.” The development of the atomic bomb and the subsequent arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union ushered in a new conflict: the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-5: -During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union became engaged in a nuclear arms race. They both spent billions and billions of dollars trying to build up huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons.