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Arms Race Flashcards

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National Interest: each country saw the arms race as a chance to…..

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Raise their national profile

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National Interest: who were the us and ussr trying to impress?

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The third World

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National Interest: what was launched in 1957?

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Sputnik

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National Interest: What is the term used about Khrushchev boasting?

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Potemkinism

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National Interest: what is the term used by Eisenhower?

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Military Industrial Complex

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National Interest: how many American were employed in the military industry?

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30 million

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National Interest:How much was spent on the military by 1952?

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$50 billion

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National Interest: who gained influence in governments?

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Military firms

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Culture of secrecy and suspicion: what was the report called?

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Gaither Report 1957

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Culture of secrecy: Who coined “missile gap”

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Kennedy

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Culture of secrecy: how many warheads did both countries have by 1962?

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USA - 4000

USSR - 220

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Culture of secrecy: how many ICBMs did USA and USSR have in 1960?

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US - 20

USSR - 30

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Culture of secrecy: how many ICBMs did USA and USSR have in 1962?

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USA - 295

USSR - 75

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International interests: what did both countries believe nuclear superiority would guarantee them?

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Defensive needs

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International tensions: what did Khrushchevs boasting do?

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Made USA feel the need to build more nuclear weapons

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International tensions: what is an example of international tensions?

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Cuban missile crisis 1962

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What did the USA find in Cuba?

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Soviet medium range missiles

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What do Kennedy order around Cuba?

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A blockade

19
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How many ICBMs were aimed at SU?

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150

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What did the crisis illustrate?

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The dangers of using brinkmanship in an era of nuclear weapons

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What is brinkmanship?

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The practice of pushing dangerous events to the brink of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome.

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What are the three main factors to why the Arms race happened?

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National Interests
International tensions
Culture of secrecy

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