Beginnings: Packet Switching and ARPANET After the end of World War II, tensions over territorial rights, the disintegration of wartime allies, war reparations, and the introduction of the atomic bomb were all threatening the peace that had juhen they became atomically armed, a struggle between America and the USSR to improve on these weapons of mass destruction began, which became known later as the Cold War. ... America had expected to be first in space, and quickly found its image as a technology superpower and perceived lead in the arms race tarnished. ... Also, there was the milita...

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