Cities wiped out in seconds, nuclear fallout that lasts years, and consequences on how we see life today. Ever since their inception we have barely maintained a hold on the reins of a weapon that could wipe out the world. The atomic weapons of the past are but a fraction of the power we now have with hydrogen bombs. Nuclear weapons have shaped society in many ways, in the cold war we lived in constant fear that everything we’ve ever known will be destroyed before we even knew what happened. The Cuban Missile Crisis is a great example about how we cannot control who has nuclear weapons and how we cannot control the oversight of these nuclear weapons. We still face problems today with nations such as Iran, Israel, and North Korea who believe
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In the movie the effects of the cold war and McCarthyism on the movie industry are showed, it is vicious and unfair, asking actors to turn in their friends who most of the time did nothing involved with communism to get themselves off of the questioning chair. One character can be quoted, asking lead actor Robert Deniro: “I wanna know how many communists you knew, I wanna know how many you know, how many you’ve worked with, I wanna know their names!” (“Guilty by Suspicion”). The Cuban Missile Crisis took place over thirteen days in October. It was a time of high tensions between the U.S and Russia “Perhaps no single event in the history of the cold war presented as great a challenge to world peace and the continued existence of humankind”(“Cuban Missile Crisis”). Even with the failed Bay of Pigs invasion President Kennedy made the removal of Fidel Castro a primary goal. Castro was backed militarily and politically by the Soviet Union who sent Castro regular shipment of Soviet arms. On October 14, 1962, a U2 spy plane snapped a series of photos that showed evidence of Soviet mid-range nuclear ballistic missiles. The U.S responded with a blockade of ships termed a “quarantine”. Even though tensions came to an end with a secret deal made with Nikita Khrushchev, this showed the world how …show more content…
Despite years of economic downfall and heavy reliance on Russia and China, North Korea still remains one of the most militaristic societies in the world. North Korea has staked everything they have on their nuclear program, their money, their people, and their relations with the international community. North Korea is a product of the idea that a country can only be safe when it possess a nuclear arsenal, we made this idea come into the world when we dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, however justified we were (“No Exit”). Israel is another example of a country that questionably has nuclear weapons. In his book: “The Golem” , Michael Collins Piper dissects how exactly Israel 's possession of nuclear weapons is a threat to not only to world peace but also to itself. Israel refuses to sign any treaty regulating the use of nuclear weapons, yet it still receives “3 billion dollars in aid annually” (“The Golem”) from the U.S, despite the Symington Accord which prevent us from aiding countries that do not follow international regulations or agreements on nuclear weapons. It seems that even
In the movie the effects of the cold war and McCarthyism on the movie industry are showed, it is vicious and unfair, asking actors to turn in their friends who most of the time did nothing involved with communism to get themselves off of the questioning chair. One character can be quoted, asking lead actor Robert Deniro: “I wanna know how many communists you knew, I wanna know how many you know, how many you’ve worked with, I wanna know their names!” (“Guilty by Suspicion”). The Cuban Missile Crisis took place over thirteen days in October. It was a time of high tensions between the U.S and Russia “Perhaps no single event in the history of the cold war presented as great a challenge to world peace and the continued existence of humankind”(“Cuban Missile Crisis”). Even with the failed Bay of Pigs invasion President Kennedy made the removal of Fidel Castro a primary goal. Castro was backed militarily and politically by the Soviet Union who sent Castro regular shipment of Soviet arms. On October 14, 1962, a U2 spy plane snapped a series of photos that showed evidence of Soviet mid-range nuclear ballistic missiles. The U.S responded with a blockade of ships termed a “quarantine”. Even though tensions came to an end with a secret deal made with Nikita Khrushchev, this showed the world how …show more content…
Despite years of economic downfall and heavy reliance on Russia and China, North Korea still remains one of the most militaristic societies in the world. North Korea has staked everything they have on their nuclear program, their money, their people, and their relations with the international community. North Korea is a product of the idea that a country can only be safe when it possess a nuclear arsenal, we made this idea come into the world when we dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, however justified we were (“No Exit”). Israel is another example of a country that questionably has nuclear weapons. In his book: “The Golem” , Michael Collins Piper dissects how exactly Israel 's possession of nuclear weapons is a threat to not only to world peace but also to itself. Israel refuses to sign any treaty regulating the use of nuclear weapons, yet it still receives “3 billion dollars in aid annually” (“The Golem”) from the U.S, despite the Symington Accord which prevent us from aiding countries that do not follow international regulations or agreements on nuclear weapons. It seems that even