An arms race is a race to accumulate instruments of military power by rival states during times of peace. The idea in an arms race is to control the actions of the opposition. This creates a very unusual way to strategize during near war times. The near war times referred to here are the years of the Cold War between the Untied States and the Soviet Union. Tensions were high between the two countries, from the time in 1945, when the Soviets blocked the Polish government-in-exile in London from becoming part of the Moscow-sponsored communist government (Norton, 2015.) The Soviets feared that the United States was maintaining a nuclear monopoly in order to scare them into diplomatic concessions. This practice is referred to as atomic diplomacy
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The influences of the Cold War infected almost every aspect of the American life including policies of the government. Entertainment was not omitted from the influences of the Cold War. National security agencies encouraged Hollywood to produce anticommunist movies. Even going so far as to encourage scripts be changed to remove references of American History that wasn 't praise worthy (Mickelberry 2009.) Although this did lead to movies that helped spark patriotism, it also raised suspicion of communist activity at every turn. Many were accused of being communists both in and out of Hollywood. Most were false accusations, based on weak evidence (Mickelberry 2009.) Americans felt it was their patriotic duty to buy consumer goods, thus helping the economy. The U.S. became one of the world’s dominant economic powers. Under President Reagan, in the 1980 's the economy was stimulated with tax cuts and deregulation. Federal tax revenue increased dramatically as the economy grew. A good portion of this money was spent on the military(Mickelberry 2009.) So the Cold war affected not only foreign affairs but also the entertainment, military and spending policies of the United
The influences of the Cold War infected almost every aspect of the American life including policies of the government. Entertainment was not omitted from the influences of the Cold War. National security agencies encouraged Hollywood to produce anticommunist movies. Even going so far as to encourage scripts be changed to remove references of American History that wasn 't praise worthy (Mickelberry 2009.) Although this did lead to movies that helped spark patriotism, it also raised suspicion of communist activity at every turn. Many were accused of being communists both in and out of Hollywood. Most were false accusations, based on weak evidence (Mickelberry 2009.) Americans felt it was their patriotic duty to buy consumer goods, thus helping the economy. The U.S. became one of the world’s dominant economic powers. Under President Reagan, in the 1980 's the economy was stimulated with tax cuts and deregulation. Federal tax revenue increased dramatically as the economy grew. A good portion of this money was spent on the military(Mickelberry 2009.) So the Cold war affected not only foreign affairs but also the entertainment, military and spending policies of the United