HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (AND THE ARMS RACE, AND THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM)ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD JUST CALL THESE NOTES “THE ARMS RACE.” SORRY.
NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
For “The North Atlantic Treaty” (p. 58) or “The Warsaw Pact” (p. 59):
1.What kinds of countries are signing this pact?
2.What do these countries say their purpose is?
3.What are these countries promising to each other?
THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM
NATOFormed 1949Alliance of capitalist,
democratic countries“An attack on one of us
is an attack on all of us”
The Warsaw PactFormed 1955Alliance of communist
countries“An attack on one of us
is an attack on all of us”
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Highly explosive devices developed during WWII
US dropped first nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
USSR tested first nuclear weapon on August 29, 1949
THE ARMS RACE
Date: roughly 1945-1990Definition: competition between
the US and the USSR to develop greater military capacity
SignificanceRequired huge military expensesMade the world more
dangerous… or did it?
CIVIL DEFENSE
Civil defense sheltersPreparedness effortsEducation efforts –
Bert the Turtle
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