Ams Race Flashcards
1
Q
What was the idea of MAD?
A
Horrifying weapons were being developed during the Cold War, neither side would fight if destruction was mutually assured.
2
Q
What did Clausevitz and Eisenhower state about war?
A
Claus von Clausevitz, Prussian military strategist, warned against unlimited violence as war is just a continuation of political activity.
Eisenhower questioned in 1954 what would be done in a world after nuclear war.
3
Q
Why was there international tension and why were bombs developed?
A
- Growing hostility.
- Defend country + superiority.
- Fearful over Berlin, China takeover 1949, Korea war 1950, US develops hydrogen bomb.
4
Q
Why did leaders value the arms race?
A
- Promote ideology to Third World 50s.
- Technological advancements = success.
- Khrushchev tells Prime Minister’s wife in 1956 nuclear bombs are capable of hitting Britain. U-R photos show no lead, but Kennedy out of fear spends £50b on military expense by 1962.
5
Q
What were domestic factors?
A
- Armaments groups gain influence. 1964 USSR attempts to cut arms spending resisted.
- US money to scientists, manufacturers, and armed forces. 30 million with jobs. Eisenhower couldn’t avoid military-industrial complex.
- Danger from USSR.
6
Q
When did the US drop bomb on Hiroshima?
A
16th Jul 1945.
