From 1946 to 1974 the USA military costs were in excess of $1.3 trillion on national security alone; this compares to $1.6 trillion spent by the federal government for all non military goods & services since 1789. That's all I can find, if anyone has any more answers I'd be very glad to read them. What a difference though. They spent nearly the same amount in 28 years during the cold war as they did in 219 years on everything else. Sad isn't it.
All human beings living during the cold war (1945-1990) were witnesses. There was no war. Cold War means Military Stand-Off. Stand-Off means facing each other ready to fight... Ready to fight is not fighting.
It was involve by contributing to the cold war
Kennedy stated in his speeches that "we" would fight communism anywhere, anytime, and at all costs.
The Cold War was not "cold" per say, but was simply the name of a war that took place.
World War Two was an origin of the Cold War.
trillions of dollars
See website: Korean War
trillions of dollars
many innocent American lives were lost
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A much higher mortality rate
The communist superpowers supported the north with war material. The US supported the south with men & material. Reason: Cold War.
50 million to over 70 million fatalities .
All human beings living during the cold war (1945-1990) were witnesses. There was no war. Cold War means Military Stand-Off. Stand-Off means facing each other ready to fight... Ready to fight is not fighting.
Taiwan (Nationalist China) was an ally of the US during the cold war. Red China entered the Korean War (a hot battle of the cold war) as a combatant in 1950. The USSR supplied war material to both North Korea, and North Vietnam during those wars.
During the Cold War the US and the USSR (along with their various allies) did everything possible to overcome each other, short of actual war. It was a peculiar state of almost war. Actual war was greatly feared, since it would have resulted in the destruction of the entire human race, by means of nuclear weapons.
The most terrifying aspect of the Cold War for most people was that it might turn into a hot war involving wide use of atomic weapons, thus destroying human civilization, if not all life on the planet.