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Impact of Cold War

Impact of Cold War. Election of 1948. I had to put this in since I do not think we talked about it. So here it is: http://www.270towin.com/1948_Election/. Impact in General. Impact of Cold War: A global issue Powerful effects on our economy, politics, and culture. Military.

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Impact of Cold War

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  1. Impact of Cold War

  2. Election of 1948 I had to put this in since I do not think we talked about it. So here it is: http://www.270towin.com/1948_Election/

  3. Impact in General • Impact of Cold War: • A global issue • Powerful effects on our economy, politics, and culture

  4. Military • Military implications: • Peacetime draft • Done to meet military commitments associated with the Cold War • Areas we occupied in Axis areas • Missile deployment operations in Europe • Counterinsurgency forced in Third World

  5. Economically • Military spending increased: • Between 1900-1930, military spending was less than 1% of GDP • By 1961, that number was 10% (chart, p. 807)

  6. Industrial • Arms Race! • Affected all Americans with a climate of fear and uncertainty • Bomb shelters, civil defense drills, atomic research testing • Concern over radioactivity of above ground tests, later found to be a health issue • Very expensive which bothered Ike who wanted a balanced budget

  7. Industrial • 1960: Ike tried to negotiate an arms limitation agreement with the Soviets • May 5, 1960: Soviets shot down an American U-2 spy plane over their territory and captured and imprisoned its pilot • Ike later admitted he authorized the mission and others like it, and therefore his chance to negotiate an arms agreement was gone

  8. Pentagon • 1960: became its own democracy • Federal funds overwrote 90% of the cost of research on aviation and space • Subsidized the scientific, auto, and electronics industries • This allowed for rapid creation of products

  9. Pentagon • Created a strong defense industry • Boeing, Lockheed were examples of companies that did its work almost exclusively with the Pentagon • People owed their jobs to this buildup, and many areas of the US received a lot of money (especially in the south and west)

  10. Final thoughts • Drawback: little money was spent on domestic needs due to amount going to military • Ike’s last speech: warned of a “military-industrial complex”

  11. Quotes • Its influence “is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government” • “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex” • “never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes”

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