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Living with Fear

The Nuclear Age. Living with Fear. 1948 – Truman Elected. August 1949. The USSR joins the “Nuclear Club”. ARMS RACE. “. ”. Mike. 1952. 1st Hydrogen Bomb (H-bomb). Tested on coral island ( Bikini Atoll ) in Pacific. Mike fireball seconds after detonation. 60 mls. 45,000 ft.

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Living with Fear

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  1. The Nuclear Age Living with Fear

  2. 1948 – Truman Elected

  3. August 1949 The USSR joins the “Nuclear Club”

  4. ARMS RACE

  5. “ ” Mike 1952 1st Hydrogen Bomb (H-bomb)

  6. Tested on coral island (Bikini Atoll) in Pacific

  7. Mike fireball seconds after detonation

  8. 60 mls 45,000 ft. 1/2 hour after test...

  9. Election 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President

  10. Nikita Khrushchev becomes next Soviet leader March ‘53: Stalin dies

  11. The Military's "New Look" Focus on air power & nukes instead of costly ground troops & navies

  12. A smaller army & navy required new way of fighting communism Ike consults with John Foster Dulles

  13. Sec of State Dulles proposes policy of...

  14. MASSIVE Retaliation

  15. Idea: Make Soviets think twice If Soviets launch nuke at any nation the US would respond with one at them!

  16. This leads the 2 superpowers to... Brinkmanship

  17. Not backing down from a conflict Push enemy to brink of war Danger! Danger! Nukes or nothing!

  18. 1953: Soviets create H-Bomb No US advantage!

  19. Remember me? Here is my analogy of the situation Robert J. Oppenheimer

  20. M.A.D. Mutually Assured Destruction

  21. Country has enough bombs to insure that she can destroy enemy even if they have more bombs!

  22. Game Over There is NO winner…everyone loses!

  23. We wage peace the same way we wage war... Do you realize the impact of this? show strength...take risks...make enemy think you will attack

  24. H-bomb nicknamed Bravo detonated by U.S. in South Pacific March 1, 1954 More Nuke Testing

  25. Bikini Atoll (again) contaminated with radiation

  26. Bravo explosion

  27. Bravo hydrogen bomb crater now

  28. Japanese fishing boat 80 miles away covered in radioactive ash (fallout)

  29. Also, all fishermen got radiation poisoning! People realized they could be harmed by nukes (& TESTS) even from far away Why is Bravo Important?

  30. Fallout shelters in the backyard? Many public buildings became designated fallout shelters

  31. 1954 Geneva Ike’s “open skies” idea Both nations would inspect each other’s military sites from air Plan died but at least they were talking

  32. Sputnik: ‘57 Small satellite launched by USSR Americans freaked (arms race = higher gear)

  33. Why did Sputnik cause such a panic? 1- Showed Soviets were ahead in the arms race 2-Soviets smarter than us? 3-If they can launch this…?

  34. US launched new education initiative stressing math & science What did we do about it?

  35. Federal $$$ went to education in hopes we would train our kids & keep up with Soviets

  36. 50’s: BOTH SIDES MAKE: ICBM: Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

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