The example of the United Sates after the Cold War is the most recent example of a unipolar world. ... As Nuno Montero (2011:11) says in his article Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity Is Not Peaceful, "In all, the United States has been at war for thirteen of the twenty-two years since the end of the Cold War. ... In his article, The Long Peace, the End of the Cold War, and the Failure of Realism, the author Richard Ned Lebow (1994:252), mention the realist vision of Morgenthau, he says, "For Morgenthau, the long peace was not an analytical puzzle but a desperate hope. ... " 5This ...

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The Cold War was dominated by fear. ... At the root of the Cold War was the American fear of the spread of communism throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and eventually mainland USA. ... As the Cold War progressed, both nations practiced nuclear proliferation, amassing deadly nuclear weapons in preparation for a war to end all wars. The biggest question on everyone's mind as the Cold war threat progressed was rather simple: "Who will strike first?... Fortunately for pacifists, there was a reason that the war was "Cold". ...

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(RM, Springsteen 1949) The United State government was also concerned with possible communist spies gaining access to federal positions in different departments because of espionage activities held inside America with the aid of U.S. citizens, particularly during World War II (Red Scare). ... The committee gained tons of support when the United States entered the Cold War. ... (Red Scare) All these policies and accusations show just how concerned the federal government was during the Cold War, and the American people were no different. ... In 1945, involvement in Vietnam by the United States...

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The threat of a nuclear war is greater now that the cold war is over because, more nations have nuclear warheads, the smuggling of nuclear materials is on the rise, and nuclear treaties are ineffective. ... The mutual deterrence that existed during the cold war, because instead of two parties fighting for the world you now have numerous parties trying to defend their own interests inside of their own area. ... The war there is not a cold war. ... Many treaties are out of date because they were drafted during the cold war and apply only to the United States and Russia. ... The threat of a N...

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Through the early years of the cold war Americans believed that nuclear weapons were war fighting tools that were likely to be used in an international conflict involving both the US and the Soviet Union; however, nuclear weapons were not used on China during the Korean War for fear that the Soviet Union might retaliate with a nuclear weapons attack on the U.S. ... At that point, nuclear weapons were no longer weapons of war, they were political tools useful for avoiding nuclear war and manipulating domestic and international politics. ... During the 20 year period prior to the end of the co...

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Thankfully, operation downfall never became a reality because of the use of the atomic bomb, the atomic bomb gave Japan the unthinkable opportunity to immediately surrender, without this who knows how much longer they would have been at war. ... "In the first two decades of the Cold War, there were a number of occasions during which a form of atomic diplomacy was employed by either side of the conflict. ... During the Korean War, President Truman once again deployed the B-29s to signal U.S. resolve," (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/atomic). Although there were many...

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To prove the accuracy of this definition this paper will define power, examine the natural state of man, and draw on the cold war to further demonstrate the validity of this theory. ... While the preceding paragraphs outline the definition of power and examine the nature of man, further confirmation may be established by looking at the Cold War, explicitly the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The events leading up to the cold war were several shifts in power resulting from WWI and WWII. ... The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous passage of the Cold War it was problematic not only be...

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At the end of the Cold War in 1989, the threat of nuclear war was reduced. ... Russia and China) may see it as a threat because they lose the only leverage they have with the U.S and break ties with the U.S, and It may start another cold war where all the nations race to create bigger and better defense systems or weapons stronger than the existing systems. ... The Bay of Pigs conflict in 1962 started the Cuban Missile Crisis which essentially started the cold war between the USSR and the U.S. ... The U.S is saying the system is to protect from its current enemies so a cold war will not break ...

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The US and Soviets are in middle of a heated cold war that will decide whether communism and the USSR will become the lead power in the international community, or whether US hegemony will remain. ... Eventual escalation would then lead us to nuclear war. ... In addition, the arms build up and general escalation of the cold war has placed the US and Soviets in a position with little room for diplomacy. Neither of these nations is ready, at this point and time, to allow diplomacy to bring an end to the cold war that exists between them. ... Soviets are as reluctant to enter into Nuclear war...

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The Cuba Crisis (1962) The developement of the Cold War until the Cuba Crisis (1945 - 1962) After the unconditional (bedingungslos) capitulation of Germany on may 8th 1945 the Cold War between the two power blocks USA and UdSSR started. ... The SU countered warning that every aggression against Cuba would lead to a common war. ... Definitions The Cold War: Name used for the dispute between the East and West block; ideological and propagandist attacks, armament race, avoiding of military conflicts The EX -COMM: Made of 12 advisors which head was the ...

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This time period was referred to as the cold war. The cold war was a munitions race between the Americans and the Soviets. ... (Gribkov, 1992) President Kennedy's speechwriter called this time "the gun barrel of nuclear war." ... There were a total of 2692 missiles eliminated after the treaty was made and it brought an end to the cold war. ... The decision by Iraq not to use chemical weapons thus far in the war is probably driven by all these considerations . ...

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Weapons proliferation is a huge problem for the entire world; however it has been a problem since World War I. There was an arms race between Germany and Great Britain that lead to World War I. The arms race between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (the Cold War), nearly lead to World War III. ... Arms proliferation is nothing new to modern society, it is something that all of us has lived with, especially those that remember the Cold War. ... For example, the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, the Afghan government used artillery against the United States that the Unit...

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Professor Groeteschele was an arrogant cold-hearted individual. ... Although he is an arrogant cold-hearted individual, he is also calm and sociable. ... Both films had a President who rushed to solving the problem of the nuclear war. in Dr. ... He wanted the Ambassador to see the big board in the War Room. ... I think this is significant because the film wanted to get the message across about the war. ...

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This bought the fear that another world war, again with Europe its main arena, a distinct possibility. ... The following two weeks the world was holding its breath in anticipation of a full-scale nuclear war. ... It is this near apocalyptic prospect of a full-scale nuclear war that made the two superpowers realise that an arms race was not a prerequisite for ensuring mutual survival. ... The Cuban paradox led the two superpowers to reach a number of limited agreements that would set the pace for a period of thawing' in the Cold War. ... The Soviets acted to support its favoured faction i...

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The beginning of Cold War created several political functions of nuclear weapons: nuclear deterrence, alliance building, and international prestige. The Nuclear Bomb was developed as the weapon of war at the end of the Second World War. ... The atomic bomb had a function of "natural deterrence" at the early beginning of Cold War when Soviets did not have nuclear weapons. The Soviets would not attack West Europe because they would risk war with USA and USA had atomic bomb that was seen by Soviets as the essence of deterrence. ... The increasing proliferation of nuclear technology in areas ...

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Looming not too distantly on the horizon was the juggernaut of World War II. ... Yet all this was put to a stop, for a time, as the nation was hurled headlong into the war. ... Hundreds of thousands of troops were shipped off to aid the war in both the European and Pacific fronts. ... And Hollywood, who had before been ridiculed for its works, now began producing pro-war films and propaganda, helping enormously with the "home front-, maintaining civilian confidence and keeping the country afloat in times of war. ... This fear, and standoff, we owe almost entirely to the creation of nuclear we...

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Some blame Kennedy for over reacting, claiming he needlessly raised the stakes and took the world to the brink of nuclear war, by dramatising matters! But the key reason for both Khruschev and Kennedy was that, if the Cold War turned into a Hot war, the consequences would be devastating, enough to wipe one of the countries, either America or Russia, of the face of this earth. ... The points leading up to the brink of nuclear war will be talked upon. ... Both sides refused to back down, as a result, each side was preparing for war. ... War was nearly inevitable there, but thanks to the sm...

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Kennedy speech writer Theodore Sorensen called "the gun barrel of nuclear war", the death of history as we know it (The Cuban Missile Crisis). The Cuban Missile Crisis was by far the most significant event in the cold war. ... The only problem with creating a blockade was that a blockade is technically considered an act of war. ... We learn that even while staring down the "gun barrel of nuclear war", that politics and public perception still prevail. But the most important lesson is found in the avoidance of war. ...

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When the English created the longbow in med-evil times it revolutionized the way war was fought. ... Soon after the war ended states began to develop long-range missiles of their own, attempting to incorporate nuclear warheads in the missile. ... This is where the term "Star War's" was created, or as officially termed Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). ... The next significant event came during the Gulf War when the United States suffered its first casualty from a long-range missile care of Iraq's Scud missiles. ...

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It seemed an appropriate topic because I am presently studying World War 2 in my history Class. ... The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. ... Truman knew nothing about the bomb and its effects yet hastily decided that the bomb be used on Japan, considering Germany was no longer a target with the war in Europe over. ... It was the first effort to create an atomic bomb that helped end the war in the Pacific. ... The cold war, nuclear restrictions, nuclear energy, are all results of the first nuclear breakthrough. ...

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To an addition, after world war two, in 1945, the Cold war started latter giving birth to the greatest arm race ever between the major superpowers, mainly; United States and Soviet Union in the early 1950s.6 During the arms race both United States and Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapon. ... The cost of a war between nuclear states would be unbearable; it would be assured destruction for both. Consequently no state actor is going to engage in a war where they may face mass losses. ... In fact history had confirmed it; there had never been a nuclear war between nuclear weapons states. ... ...

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More importantly, it was a major center for the manufacture of war materials before and during World War II. ... During the war, the people of Japan had created desperately optimistic rumors for themselves. ... Even the radio broadcasters declared that Japan was winning the war. ... By July 1945, the Allied Forces were clearly winning the war in the Pacific. ... But the people of Japan were told that the retreat was not because Japan was losing the war, but because they had almost won the war and they wanted to finish the battle on home soil. ...

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Just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. ... Styer called the Manhattan Project "the most important job in the war . . . an all-out effort to build an atomic bomb."... On Monday, July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 A.M., Mountain War Time, the plutonium bomb ignited at the Trinity site, a remote site in the New Mexico desert. ... Brigadier General Farrell wrote a letter for the Secretary of War. ...

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Insinuations to the Nazi Holocaust and the holocaust of nuclear war are copious in Not Wanted on the Voyage. Clearly, just as the Nazis wanted to mend the European society from the so called malady of those judged less than human, and just as during the Cold War the proliferation and possible detonation of nuclear weapons were deem as the only measures of liberating the human race from a constructed evil. ... I strongly think that Not Wanted on the Voyage not only renders the ludicrousness of the killing-healing paradox of the nature of war, but more it poses a problem on the hierarchal system...

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The need to be ready for war with nuclear weapons and peacekeeping with no weapons are both different ethical environmental issues that are closely associated with each other. ... Throughout most of the Cold War period, nuclear physics was the popular science that got most of the nation's public funding. ... Proven statistics show that "less than nineteen days of global military expenditure is all it would take to meet the additional cost of providing access to adequate food, clean water, and safe sewers, basic health care, reproductive health care for women, and basic education for eve...

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