The end of the Second World War saw The United States and the Soviet Union in direct competition for the supremacy of the world. The spirit of the time for those living in the 20th century was often expressed as a civilization struggle for the end of history – that is, the victor would decide the fate of our world. Both powers possessed and utilized a vast array of means to overcome their adversary – nuclear weapons, conventional and unconventional forces, propaganda, economic warfare, and espionage, to name but a few. This unique era saw societies around the world in uneasy anticipation of total nuclear annihilation, a very real and daunting prospect that had never, and has not since, felt as imminent and credible as it was following the Second World War.
On Geographic Explanations of the Cold War
On Geographic Explanations of the Cold War
On Geographic Explanations of the Cold War
The end of the Second World War saw The United States and the Soviet Union in direct competition for the supremacy of the world. The spirit of the time for those living in the 20th century was often expressed as a civilization struggle for the end of history – that is, the victor would decide the fate of our world. Both powers possessed and utilized a vast array of means to overcome their adversary – nuclear weapons, conventional and unconventional forces, propaganda, economic warfare, and espionage, to name but a few. This unique era saw societies around the world in uneasy anticipation of total nuclear annihilation, a very real and daunting prospect that had never, and has not since, felt as imminent and credible as it was following the Second World War.