What are the ups and downs of the Cold War?

Answer 1

Positive: Many military bases with MANY employed people. Negative: Many military bases closed down, with MANY un-employed people. Positive: The Space Race and landing a man on the moon. Negative: No more interest in Space Exploration. Today NASA is begging the public to regain an interest in Mars Exploration by broadcasting exciting news about new discoveries on Mars, new discoveries about the moon, new discoveries about Venus, Saturn, Pluto, etc. With no one to compete against, we've lost interest.

Answer 2

Positive-they die. Negative-you die.

AnswerThere are no winners in war. It appears the human race has learned nothing! Wars are based on power and greed. Answerwar is pointless! all you do is shoot at people that have done nothing to you. the way i see it is war is just a way for the government to weed out the human population.

Answer 3

PRO: mutually assured destruction (MAD) limited the possibility of all out nuclear war

CON: MAD increased the potential of total destruction of the world as we know it.

PRO: 100's of thousands of jobs created

CON: Massive waste of economical resources.

PRO: discovery of fantastic new Technologies

CON:created more efficient ways of killing each other and delivered dangerous technologies into the hands of rouge nations and fundamentalist groups.

Answer 4

Ups for the Communists during the COLD WAR: Sputnik, winning the Vietnam War. Downs: Stalemate in Korea; Cuban Missile Crisis, total collapse in '90.