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Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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How did the hydrogen bomb cause the cold war?
Nuclear weapons (both Hydrogen & atomic) made total wars unacceptable; it was referred to as MAD during the 1960s. MAD=Mutually Assured Destruction.
Therefore...since man couldn't fight total wars anymore; he had to fight limited wars (limited to conventional weapons).
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What caused the cold war was the political difference between the democratic powers of the west such as Great Britain and the United States and the communist Soviet Union along with military issues like Nuclear weapons.
What are ballistic missiles and are they just nukes?
Ballistic Missiles can have conventional or nuclear warheads. Iraq's Scud missiles during the Gulf War is a good example of a cheap conventional BM.
Ballistic Missiles are launched from a land or sea based launcher into a sub-orbital trajectory towards its intended target. Many nuclear BM's are MIRV'ed - Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles, or multiple warheads. As the warhead descends from its apex, the MIRV's are separated and head for their independent targets. This can be done with conventional weapons as well.
A lot of development into ABM weapons has had a lot of success - Boeing recently tested its Airborne Laser system, which uses a tracking, targeting and destruction laser to kill BM's in its boost phase where it's most vulnerable, though it can conceivably nail warheads as well (Google it and you can watch the video). It uses radar tracking from land, sea and orbital sources to track targets, and is mounted on a 747. The Air Force also has successfully tested an ABM interception missile.
Although the Cold War was an informal war, which was never declared on any specific date and which also was never ended by any formal peace treaty, it can still be dated as running approximately from 1945 to 1990. Until the end of WW II the US and the USSR were formally allies against the Axis Powers (although even then they did not trust each other) so the Cold War could not begin until WW II ended, and then, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990, the last remnant of the Soviet empire ended and the Cold War was over (even though North Korea seems to want to perpetuate it).
How did the United states intervene in latin America during the cold war?
It helped overthrow several communist-leaning governments. ApexVs.com :)
What was the reasons for the end of the cold war?
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was the reason for the end of the Cold War.
The cold war was waged because?
At the end of World War II, English author and journalist George Orwellused cold war, as a general term, in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb", published October 19, 1945, in the British newspaper Tribune. Contemplating a world living in the shadow of the threat of nuclear warfare, Orwell wrote:"For forty or fifty years past, Mr. H. G. Wells and others have been warning us that man is in danger of destroying himself with his own weapons, leaving the ants or some other gregarious species to take over. Anyone who has seen the ruined cities of Germany will find this notion at least thinkable. Nevertheless, looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity. James Burnham's theory has been much discussed, but few people have yet considered its ideological implications-that is, the kind of world-view, the kind of beliefs, and the social structure that would probably prevail in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of "cold war" with its neighbors."[1]
In The Observer of March 10, 1946, Orwell wrote that "[a]fter the Moscow conference last December, Russia began to make a 'cold war' on Britain and the British Empire."[2]
The first use of the term to describe the post-World War II geopoliticaltensions between the USSR and its satellites and the United States and its western European allies is attributed to Bernard Baruch, an American financier and presidential advisor.[3] In South Carolina, on April 16, 1947, he delivered a speech (by journalist Herbert Bayard Swope)[4]saying, "Let us not be deceived: we are today in the midst of a cold war."[5] Newspaper reporter-columnist Walter Lippmann gave the term wide currency, with the book The Cold War; when asked in 1947 about the source of the term, he referred it to a French term from the 1930s, la guerre froide.[6]
What two events signaled the end of the cold war?
The end of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was not based on just two events. The cold war began to lose steam with Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of perestroika (reform and/or restructuring of the Soviet Union) and glasnot (openness). It was not Gorbachev's intention to bring communism to an end but that was the result. It was the collapse of the Soviet Union (and the incredible and rapid events of 1989 in Eastern Europe) which brought the end to the Soviet Union and the cold war. Once the Soviet Union no longer could afford to finance their satellite states or provide military assistance, the Eastern Bloc of countries were in no position to fight off the brave citizens who protested, demonstrated, and demanded reform. They lost their power and one by one, communist countries faded from the globe to be replaced with a new Socialism and their own form of democracy (think Poland and Solidarity, the overthrow of Ceausescu's Romanian dictatorship, Hungary removing the barbed wire from its border with Germany, the Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce of Checkoslovakia) The changes came with a flurry in 1989 and concluded with the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Detente occurred during the Cold War as a response to the escalating tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, particularly after events like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Both superpowers sought to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and stabilize their relationship through diplomatic negotiations and arms control agreements, such as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Economic factors and a desire for increased global stability also played crucial roles, as both nations recognized the need to address domestic issues and improve international relations. Ultimately, detente aimed to create a more predictable and manageable geopolitical environment.
What did Argentina do during the Cold War?
After analyzing the effect the Cold War had on Argentina, I can come to the conclusion that overall, it was beneficial to the nation. Looking at how Argentina dealt with the Cold War, they used it in their favor and strengthen not only their economy, but also provide a policy under which benefited the social condition and keep a strong ideology. Eventually, sided with Europe (primarily Britain and USSR) for support. Although under the Fascist regime, there were some weakness under this system and Perón's power, but all in all, the Cold War was profitable and allowed the government to access control over the social welfare of the public and economy. If Argentina did choose to side with the other side, then their economy would have plummeted and would have the U.S. controlling the economic aspects of Latin America. Also under their ideology containing strong Nazi and Fascist ties, if that was severed than the whole foreign policy of Argentina would collapse as the government would fall under Juan Domingo Perón.
What to countries fought in the cold war?
The United States and USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic), not Russia. Russia was the major country in the USSR and they controlled the other members.
Critics of the Bay of Pigs invasion claimed it was a violation of the?
Critics of the Bay of Pigs invasion claimed it was a violation of the?
Who was the pilot of the U-2 spy plane that was shot down in 1960?
the peep who got shot down was gary powers i belive it was over russia
What was American foreign policy after the cold war?
Basically, if you see a commie, rape him. Rape him real good. doot doot doot do do do um num num num num doop doop doop noomnomnonmonm
What does the U2 in U2 spyplane stand for?
U means Utility--a plane that can do many things. They were trying to hide the fact it's a surveillance platform.
Another plane with a U in its name is the U-21, which is a Beechcraft King Air business jet painted in military colors.
