The biggest question on everyone's mind as the Cold war threat progressed was rather simple: "Who will strike first?... Outlining the facts of nuclear war the diagram concludes in large lettering: "RESULT: A growing question whether a policy of receiving the first blow may be the best one". Given the situation of the Cold War it could be inferred that the communist opposition in Moscow would attribute the same logic to the situation. ... This made it easier to move massive amounts of supplies and even people across North America on an unparalleled scale. ...

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The setting was perfect because the people of Germany were itching for any leader that would tell them just what they wanted to hear. World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. The German mark had lost so much value that it took a wheelba...

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