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How did containment and the arms race contribute to the cold war?
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∙ 16y ago
The Cold war was started after the second world war finished and was basically America being paranoid about Communism spreading from Russia and West Germany in the South East Asia and then onto America.
Containment was what America was trying to do to Communism. Because they 'lost' China they wanted to contain it. Korea was split in the Cold War as part of containment and also Vietnam. The Korean and Vietnam wars were both against Communism.
The arms race was about nuclear weapons as straight after the second world war, America were the only country in the world with nuclear weapons and they didn't want the Russians getting them. They eventually did and this lead to events such as the Cuban Missiles crisis and also led to a drastic change in foreign policy from Eisenhower wanting to use nuclear weapons against communism to Kennedy having to avoid it because the Russia's would use them on America.
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∙ 13y ago
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How did the nuclear arms race affect the course of the cold war?
The nuclear arms race was the core of the cold war.
What were the main features of the arms race?
Nuclear arms race was where Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were
Other names for the cold war?
The Space Race And The Arms Race
What were three things about the cold war?
arms race, space race, Nixon, Truman, Vietnam war, Korean war
When did the arms race in the cold war begin?
When the first nuke was dropped in August 1945.
When could president eisenhower have chosen an alternative to containment and the arms race?
In foreign policy President Eisenhower kept the containment policy in the Cold War and ended the Korean War.
How did the nuclear arms race affect the course of the cold war?
The nuclear arms race was the core of the cold war.
What ended the arms race?
The Arms Race ended with the end of the cold war and the breakup of the USSR. The nuclear arms race came about during the Cold War.
What did the US do when fighting the Cold War?
With one-upmanship; when the communists made a new jet fighter; the US countered with a better one. When the communists made a new submarine; the US countered with a better one. When the communists tried to expand in Central America, the US countered the move with containment. When the communists tried to expand in South America; the US countered the move with containment. When the communists tried to expand in Korea, the US countered the move with containment. When the communists tried to expand in South Vietnam, the US countered the move with containment.
What was gained from the cold war?
Cold War=Arms Race (new weapons)
How did militarism contribute to the outbreak of world war 2?
It encouraged an arms race
What was a result of the cold war?
Military technology; the arms race.
How did militairism contribute to the outbreak of world war 1?
militairism encouraged an arms race.
What were the main features of the arms race?
Nuclear arms race was where Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were
Was the war of words be referred to 1 the arms race 2 the space race 3 cold war 4 coexistence?
Cold war.
What was the method of conflict in the cold war?
Nuclear weapons arms race
Other names for the cold war?
The Space Race And The Arms Race
