The Arms Race

Title: The Arms Race Labels: Arms_race, Eisenhower, U2_Incident, Khrushchev, Soviet_Union, MAD, Containment

Your answers are due by 8:20 a.m. Monday, April 12.

1. Read Source 12. What methods do you think Dulles had in mind to 'liberate captive peoples' without a war?
Dulles might have had in mind to lend aid to these countries or set up anti-communist alliances nearby or to continue in the arms race without actually having a war.

2. Look at Source 13. Would you agree that the Communist world was encircled? Explain your answer.
No I would disagree with this because on one side of the soviet world there is a substantial amount of land before there is a country involved in an anti-communist alliance.

3. Carefully examine the verticle timeline on page 343. Then look back at Source 12. Do you think the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulles might have had in mind?
Yes I think that it is possible that Dulles had the development of nuclear weapons in line because overtime the Soviets advance on the timeline the US attempts to catch up or get ahead of them and if the us developed nuclear weapons the soviets would not want to start a war with them because they would be under-equipped.


4. Look at Source 16. What is the Soviet cartoon saying about the U-2 plane?
The Soviet cartoon is saying that the U-2 plane is being used by America to spy on the soviets.


5. Read the Factfile on page 344. Explain why the USSR was so angry about the US spy flights.
The USSr was to angry about US spy flights because the flights violated soviet air space. The new planes the U-2's could not be shot down at first because they flew so high and this allowed the US to receive valuable information about soviet technology. later when Eisenhower admitted to having spied on the soviets he refused to apologize or promise to stop.

6. How would the USA justify this violation of Soviet territory?
They could justify this by claiming that was the soviet's job to keep spies out of their territory.


7. If the USSR had had U-2 planes, do you think it would have used them? Why?
I think that the USSr would have used the planes because it would have allowed them to collect al lot of information on US technology which would probably have allowed them to create more and more powerful weapons, propelling them forward in the arms race.

8. Look at Source 17. Why do you think the USA had missiles based in Europe?
It would have been easier launch missiles in Europe that from the US.

9. Define the term 'nuclear deterrent' in not more than 20 words.
A nuclear deterrent is a nuclear weapon that is not intended to be used other than in an arms race.