Corvus+Nuclear+Warfare

Nuclear Warfare Aim Aaron Archuleta  Nuclear warfare transformed the way of war throughout the world and has caused many conflicts between nations resulting in the Cold War. Nuclear warfare was a revolutionary form of war that created tension between nation following the years after the formation of this warfare. The technological advancements of weaponry and strategy of this warfare changed the way wars were fought and caused controversy in the morals and ethics in modern society, because of the long term effect it had on nations. The creation of nuclear warfare not only generated fear of the weapons being used, but fear of the management of the nuclear weapons. “This not only makes the consequences of war worse but also raises new concerns about controlling such a destructive process. Fearing the consequences of losing control, the nations possessing nuclear weapons, have, therefore, become extremely cautious in managing these dangers and in their dealing with each other” (“Nuclear Warfare”). However, nuclear warfare caused a long lasting impact based on the creation of the nuclear weapons. These weapons are so powerful that they leave their mark on the land and any who got in its way. “Because of the tremendous amount of energy released in a nuclear detonation, temper­atures of tens of millions of degrees C develop in the immediate area of a nuclear detonation… this compares with the tempera­ture inside the core of the Sun” (Starr). The conditions that nuclear weapons put people in were horrific, and this was evident to those who used this warfare. Nuclear warfare is a threat to all of mankind and represents the deepest measures nations were willing to take to protect their civilians. However, the use of the nuclear weapons reflects the position of morals modern society during the use of nuclear warfare.

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Audience Nick Nickerson



Nuclear warfare was one of the biggest breakthroughs and changes in the history of warfare. It completely changed how wars were fought. It led to how every war has been run since its creation. H.G. Well’s and similar authors made predictions that nuclear warfare would be created and predicted those major changes in warfare. Nuclear warfare has affected nearly every person in nearly every country of the world through the changes in warfare that arguably has changed the outcome of wars since.

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Historical Jasmine Garner



Irrefutably, the notion and fear of nuclear warfare became present with the creation of nuclear weapons in the twentieth century. Upon seeing the destruction caused at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the entire world realized just the amount of power stored away in a single atom bomb. Soon afterwards, realizing the potential that America had through this atomic bomb, Russia began to develop its own violent weapon; within only four years, it had its own fission bomb (“Nuclear Weapons: A History”). Feeling slightly threatened, the United States began development of a new-and-improved weapon: something that could not be outdone. Eventually, the hydrogen bomb was formed, thousands of times more deadly than the bombs dropped on Japan; however, Russia would not surrender in the fight for power, and soon had produced its own hydrogen weapon (“Cold War”). This constant race for the most destructive weapon was the spark that ignited the Cold War, a race between the United States and Russia over progressing the achievements of nuclear chemistry and creating more toxic weaponry -- however, no damage was ever truly done. The continuous worry and stress of being the country with the bigger bomb led to such intense tension between nations, though out of fear no nuclear action was ever taken. Still today, populations become disconcerted when there is talk of nuclear warfare, but since the atomic bombs of WWII, nobody has launched any nuclear weapons.

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“Nuclear Weapons: A History”. New Internationalist, June 2008. Web. 6 November 2013.

Cultural Jasmine Garner



The idea of nuclear warfare instilled a global fear in people that could be paralleled by few other threats. Due to this fear, society was impacted in a more unreserved way; intense enmity towards Communism was inculcated in the American public, known as the “Red Scare” (“Cold War”). Many jobs were lost and subterfuge was rampant. All over the nation, citizens would accuse others of being Communists, or supporters of it, simply due to excessive paranoia about the Russians’ attempts at producing the same weapons as America. The Cold War also produced immense changes in the economy, with a great deal of funds going to production of arms for the subsequent arms race and space race; most of the technologies that came about during and due to the Cold War are inventions that are widely used and relied upon today, such as the Internet (“The Effects of the”). This adjustment of the economy also changed the nation’s attitude. More citizens realized the true peril that could occur, which carried the Red Scare even further. All in all, the population realized that the potential to destroy entire cities, countries, and the world was present, and that all it would take to cause irreparable damage is the launch of a single bomb.

“Cold War”. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 6 November 2013.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">“The Effects of the Cold War”. Studymode, April 2008. Web. 7 November 2013.