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Essay Archive - The Nuclear Arms Race
The Nuclear Arms Race
In order to maintain peace and stability in the world, there must
be a balance of power between countries. The Nuclear Arms Race was started
because there wasn't a balance of power after World War II. The U.S. was
the only country at that time which possessed nuclear weapons. Russia,
fearing a United States domination of world power, developed a nuclear bomb
of its own. Thus started the Arms Race, in which both countries attempted
to gain the upper hand in terms of the number of nuclear warheads each
possessed. However, the Arms Race ended when several treaties in arms
reduction were pass....
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