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The impact of the arms race on the Cold War
- Stabilising Effects
- The deterrent effect of nuclear weapons prevented
direct US-Soviet confrontation
- The presence of nuclear weapons meant that the superpowers respected
eachother's sphere of influence and did not intervene
- e.g Hungary 1956
- e.g Hungary 1956
- Superpowers had to cooperated to regulate the nuclear threat
- e.g Removal of nuclear missiles from Hungary and Turkey 1962-1963
- e.g Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and Hotline 1963
- e.g Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and Hotline 1963
- e.g Removal of nuclear missiles from Hungary and Turkey 1962-1963
- US and Soviet leaders were aware of living in the
nuclear age and acted responsibly
- e.g Khrushchev withdrew offer of helping China
out with their nuclear programme
- e.g Khrushchev withdrew offer of helping China
out with their nuclear programme
- The deterrent effect of nuclear weapons prevented
direct US-Soviet confrontation
- Destabilising Effects
- Soviet Acquisition of the atomic bomb 1949 - led to spiralling arms race
- Both sides competed to develop more and more powerful
and sophisticated weapons
- e.g H bomb 1952 - ICBMs 1957 - SLBMs 1960
- e.g H bomb 1952 - ICBMs 1957 - SLBMs 1960
- Both sides competed to develop more and more powerful
and sophisticated weapons
- Culture of secrecy surrounding development of nuclear weapons led
to fears that the other side had nuclear superiority
- e.g the impact of the Gaither report 1957
- e.g the impact of the Gaither report 1957
- Nuclear weapons encouraged superpower brinkmanship
- Which could've resulted in total devastation
- e.g US doctrine of massive retaliation 1954
- e.g Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
- e.g Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
- e.g US doctrine of massive retaliation 1954
- Which could've resulted in total devastation
- Cost of nuclear weapons imposed huge financial
strains on both sides
- This had a destabilising effect in two ways
- K compensated for the USSR's relative weakness by adopting
antagonistic approach to negotiations with West
- K's decision to base weapons in Cuba was due to fact
that basing short-range missiles in Cuba was cheaper
than basing long range ones in the USSR
- K compensated for the USSR's relative weakness by adopting
antagonistic approach to negotiations with West
- This had a destabilising effect in two ways
- Nuclear weapons didn't stop other forms of superpower
competition for influence in the 50s and early 60s
- e.g Soviet economic and military aid to
developing countries such as Egypt
- e.g US support for anti communist regimes in South
Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan
- e.g US support for anti communist regimes in South
Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan
- e.g Soviet economic and military aid to
developing countries such as Egypt
- Soviet Acquisition of the atomic bomb 1949 - led to spiralling arms race
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