Although these advancements could be seen quite positively at the time, as the countries were led to believe that they were more powerful with more advanced technology, these changes did not come without any dangers. As the United Nations said in 1984, “It is evident that the designing, testing, manufacture, possession, deployment and use of nuclear weapons are among the greatest threat to life which confronts mankind today.” They also went on to say “The production, testing, possession, deployment and use of nuclear weapons should be prohibited and recognized as crimes against humanity.” The development and testing of nuclear weaponry led to radiation being released into the atmosphere, which in the long term would result in some form of ozone
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People feared that one leader or mistake would initiate the extinction of mankind. This came as a result of statistics suggesting that a nuclear war would continue to cause damage for years following it and would continue to cause death. As a result, people built bomb shelters in their backyards as well as at schools. In public places they also practiced attack drills. It also caused many psychological reactions such as tension, fear and anxiety within the countries, showing signs of an increase in negative psychological health. The Cold War also had a major influence and left its mark on a range of activities ranging from art to poetry to movies and even comic books. Thus, the Arms Race was sometimes seen as a doubtful exercise of social control, and was also seen as a form of organizational power. Furthermore, the Arms Race generated concerns in society over employment, economic planning, health and medicine due to the rapid increase in military spending. Although with the introduction of the MAD policy, some of these fears were eliminated, as this policy was seen as a deterrent to war, as both countries knew that a nuclear war would result in mutual …show more content…
Most importantly it generated some form of gender equality, especially in regards to employment. During the Arms Race an increasing number of jobs were created in the areas of science, mathematics and the physical sciences. A report by the United Nations in 1981 stated that, “Increased weaponry development has led to increased employment opportunities.” A number of these jobs allowed for women to be employed in these areas. However often those employed with directly or even indirectly by the military had a substantially higher level of technical skill and higher than average productivity than the average population. But with the end of the Cold War, industries began eliminating these jobs, as they were no longer needed. It is estimated that the pharmaceutical industry alone laid off 27,000 jobs in 1993, showing the drastic number of jobs created in this industry alone. Biochemist, Dr. Richard L. Chappel said at the time that, “After the Soviet Union launched the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the United States gave scientists a substations amount of money for the fear that they would lose the Cold War.” This shows the need and want of scientists in the US at the time. It has been said that of the 3 million scientists and engineers employed worldwide during the time, approximately a half a million of them were employed in
People feared that one leader or mistake would initiate the extinction of mankind. This came as a result of statistics suggesting that a nuclear war would continue to cause damage for years following it and would continue to cause death. As a result, people built bomb shelters in their backyards as well as at schools. In public places they also practiced attack drills. It also caused many psychological reactions such as tension, fear and anxiety within the countries, showing signs of an increase in negative psychological health. The Cold War also had a major influence and left its mark on a range of activities ranging from art to poetry to movies and even comic books. Thus, the Arms Race was sometimes seen as a doubtful exercise of social control, and was also seen as a form of organizational power. Furthermore, the Arms Race generated concerns in society over employment, economic planning, health and medicine due to the rapid increase in military spending. Although with the introduction of the MAD policy, some of these fears were eliminated, as this policy was seen as a deterrent to war, as both countries knew that a nuclear war would result in mutual …show more content…
Most importantly it generated some form of gender equality, especially in regards to employment. During the Arms Race an increasing number of jobs were created in the areas of science, mathematics and the physical sciences. A report by the United Nations in 1981 stated that, “Increased weaponry development has led to increased employment opportunities.” A number of these jobs allowed for women to be employed in these areas. However often those employed with directly or even indirectly by the military had a substantially higher level of technical skill and higher than average productivity than the average population. But with the end of the Cold War, industries began eliminating these jobs, as they were no longer needed. It is estimated that the pharmaceutical industry alone laid off 27,000 jobs in 1993, showing the drastic number of jobs created in this industry alone. Biochemist, Dr. Richard L. Chappel said at the time that, “After the Soviet Union launched the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the United States gave scientists a substations amount of money for the fear that they would lose the Cold War.” This shows the need and want of scientists in the US at the time. It has been said that of the 3 million scientists and engineers employed worldwide during the time, approximately a half a million of them were employed in