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It may be right to say the first arms race among humans occurred between cavemen using wood clubs.... Student's Full Name: The Significance of Guns (as a technology) 24 April 2012 (estimated word count = 1,313) Introduction The early humans who lived in caves had relied on their brute physical power so that they could survive in the wild....
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Instead, global arm race and ideological conflict became the focal point of the cold war.... the cold war or the tension between the Western and the Eastern blocs defined the world order after the WWII.... the cold war or the tension between the Western and the Eastern blocs defined the world order after the WWII.... Thesis statement: the cold war resulted in political conflict, military conflict, ideological conflict and global arms race, and eventually led to the decline of communism, growth of capitalism, growth of the U....
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It was framed as a difference in the ideologies of capitalism and communism, but soon became characterized by an out-of-control arms race and a dangerous nuclear future.... Stalin understood the implications of possessing the atomic bomb, and the fact that the Americans and British had kept it a secret prompted the Soviets to embark on an intense program to develop their nuclear technology triggering the beginnings of a nuclear standoff (Zubok and Pleshakov, 44-45)....
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The paper "American Policy Initiated the cold war" highlights that the cold war may have been a certainty given the circumstances present at the end of WWII but President Truman's policies certainly helped to hasten its beginnings and intensified the mistrust between the two nations.... the cold war was waged on many fronts including Africa, Asia, Cuba and as far as outer space.... The introduction of nuclear arms into the mix along with the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan only served to heighten tensions between the two lone military superpowers and led to an all-out arms race between the two....
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Nuclear weapons form an integral part of the history of the cold war.... This work called 'Nuclear Arms Race during the cold war" demonstrates a tension brewing between two states and sparked a nuclear arms race.... It is quite unavoidable to talk about nuclear weapons in a discussion about the cold war.... the cold war was a period of suspicion and rivalry after the Second World War.... the cold war did not make it into the 21st century....
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When looking back on European history since the beginnings of the Renaissance, all relations between countries were conducted between their respective absolute rulers.... The paper "Global Governance of the Post-cold war" finds out whether global governance of the post-cold war era differs from previous periods of an international organization.... the term 'transgovernmental' (relations between different governments), intergovernmental (to describe relationships between separate governments and their officials, such as war and diplomacy), etc....
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Instead, the global arms race and the ideological conflict became the focal point of the cold war.... he military conflict within the context of the cold war was limited to the context of threatening each other by exhibiting military superiority because both sides possessed nuclear arms.... The paper "the cold war-era Between Communism and Capitalism" focuses on the global arms race between the Western and the Eastern blocs.... Thesis statement: the cold war resulted in political conflict, military conflict, ideological conflict, and the global arms race, and eventually led to the decline of communism, growth of capitalism, growth of the U....
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On the one hand, producing of new, more powerful weapon contributes to the efficiency of the combat and, as a result, leads to the victory of those who possess it; on the other hand, mass-production of arms allows to conquer greater territories.... This paper ''Evolution of Warfare from 1790s to 1930s'' tells that the crucial idea of any war is expansion of power over a larger number of territories.... However, they all are always related by several elements such as army, or human resources who are the moving force of the war....
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