This introduced the idea of nuclear warfare into the standoff between the Soviet Union and the US. Once the US created the first bomb, it started an arms race between the two countries about who could make the most destructive nuclear weapons. This race made the stakes of the Cold War even higher, and the atmosphere more tense for both nations. People even started making bomb shelters, and having practice drills in school (“Cold War History”, 2015). One other turning point during the Cold War was the Truman Doctrine, written in March, 1947. The Truman Doctrine “”committed the United States to unprecedented involvement in global military and economic affairs”(Palmer, Colton & Kramer, 2002). This was an announcement to the world, and more specifically the Soviet Union, that the US would aid any who was being invaded and forced to become communist. In response, the U.S.S.R denounced the American capitalist and imperialist militarists. However, they were getting nervous that they would lose their standing over the communist territories that they had
This introduced the idea of nuclear warfare into the standoff between the Soviet Union and the US. Once the US created the first bomb, it started an arms race between the two countries about who could make the most destructive nuclear weapons. This race made the stakes of the Cold War even higher, and the atmosphere more tense for both nations. People even started making bomb shelters, and having practice drills in school (“Cold War History”, 2015). One other turning point during the Cold War was the Truman Doctrine, written in March, 1947. The Truman Doctrine “”committed the United States to unprecedented involvement in global military and economic affairs”(Palmer, Colton & Kramer, 2002). This was an announcement to the world, and more specifically the Soviet Union, that the US would aid any who was being invaded and forced to become communist. In response, the U.S.S.R denounced the American capitalist and imperialist militarists. However, they were getting nervous that they would lose their standing over the communist territories that they had