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America as a World Power Practice Test
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Secondary source excerpt (1945–1980): “Nuclear weapons transformed superpower competition. U.S. strategy increasingly relied on deterrence—the promise of devastating retaliation—to prevent Soviet aggression. Yet the arms race also produced repeated crises in which miscalculation could have catastrophic consequences.” Which event most clearly exemplifies a Cold War nuclear brinkmanship crisis?
Secondary source excerpt (1945–1980): “Nuclear weapons transformed superpower competition. U.S. strategy increasingly relied on deterrence—the promise of devastating retaliation—to prevent Soviet aggression. Yet the arms race also produced repeated crises in which miscalculation could have catastrophic consequences.” Which event most clearly exemplifies a Cold War nuclear brinkmanship crisis?