Cold War, Culture, and Science

1. Technology

1.1. Post-WII

1.1.1. Purpulsion System Rockets

1.1.1.1. Could be used to send men to space

1.1.1.2. Could be used to send missiles long distances

1.2. U2 Plane

1.3. Nuclear Submarines with Tipped Torpedos

1.4. Satellites

2. Science

2.1. Advancements in understanding of Nuclear Physics, and Space.

2.2. Increased Telecommunication

3. Arms Race

3.1. Suggestion of Thermo-Nuclear Weaponry

3.2. The Building of Arms Stockpiles in the Soviet Union and America

4. Fear

4.1. Esponage

4.1.1. Spys

4.1.1.1. Klaus Fuchs

4.1.1.2. The Rosenbergs

5. Space Race

5.1. Soviet Union first to send man into space

5.2. America first to send man to moon

6. Overall a race for power, driven by fear.

6.1. Mutually Assured Destruction