Arms Race:
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on Japan partly because it
distrusted the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union turned down the Baruch Plan partly because
it was suspicious of the United States. Over the next few years, suspicion and distrust grew
between the two nations. This was the beginning of the "cold war".
This was the arms race, the race to have the most powerful weapons.Anti-nuclear:
Many groups have been organized to stop the spread of nuclear terror
and weapons. During the cold war, both sides had groups that were strongly against nuclear
weaponry, yet the Soviet's were depressed and punished with those actions, very few groups
survived. Two Large groups during the early 80s, in the United States were BOMBS and
BLAST. BOMBS - Burlington Organization for the Movement of Bodies to Safety. BLAST -
Becket League for the Assistance of the Scorched and Terrified. These two groups tried to
dramatize some of the problems in FEMA's (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
nuclear civil defense program.
Deterrence:
The theory that if both sides have nuclear arsenals, and they are about
equal strengths, neither country will want to commit to a first attack. If one country did
so, the second country would send off a counter attack that would be equal or greater
strength and both countries would lose civilians. Only when one country displays and knows
it has superiority, it may launch a massive first attack which compels the second country
to surrender and agree to any terms at hand. Deterrence is like a cheap scale, in sense,
if it is grossly uneven, the weights will fall off as like war may break out when a
superpower overcomes its rivals.
Conclusion:
This subtopic will cover anything not covered above, including
Development and
Advances of nuclear weaponry during the Cold War. Dates and specifics will be laid out for those of you, who are interested in this topic to
that degree.
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