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Was the primary threat from the soviet union military or ideological?
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The military threat grew out of the mutual ideological threat between the west and the east.
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How did the NATO and Warsaw Pact effect on Soviet defense spending?
It posed a threat to Soviet military supremacy. With this combined threat the soviet government was forced to expand their own military force to keep pace with the combined powers of the NATO pact. This lead to huge portions of Russia's GDP being poured into military expense. This later crippled them when their purchases wore out and broke down. Now Russia's military force is but a fraction of its Soviet pinnacle.
Why did the Soviet Union view the formation of a west German state and nafo as a threat?
In the eyes of the government of the Soviet Union, every nation that it couldn't influence or conquer was a threat. In fact the Soviet Union was a very real threat to every non-communist nation on the planet, and a real threat to Communist China.
How successful had the Soviet Union been by 1985 and why?
the soviet union had a large portion of the earth in communism and formed a strong and weak alliance with china, and seized communism in Cuba near the U.S. and had a strong military and had many nukes as a threat to the world and was feared.
How did US leaders respond to the threat of the Soviet expansion in Europe?
the answer is containment,which was simply not to have any battles with the soviet union but to simply stop them from enpanding and just stay at their borders stoping them were ever they found a gap through the defences of the u.s
How does terrorism work?
Terrorism works by using violence or the threat of violence to attain goals that are political, religious, or ideological in state.
What was the strategic goal of Operation Barbarossa for the Germans?
To secure the resources in the Caucasus. Also to prevent the Soviet Union from being a military threat. Of course also the ideological aim of destroying Bolshevism.
How did the NATO and Warsaw Pact effect on Soviet defense spending?
It posed a threat to Soviet military supremacy. With this combined threat the soviet government was forced to expand their own military force to keep pace with the combined powers of the NATO pact. This lead to huge portions of Russia's GDP being poured into military expense. This later crippled them when their purchases wore out and broke down. Now Russia's military force is but a fraction of its Soviet pinnacle.
Why did the Soviet Union view the formation of a west German state and nafo as a threat?
In the eyes of the government of the Soviet Union, every nation that it couldn't influence or conquer was a threat. In fact the Soviet Union was a very real threat to every non-communist nation on the planet, and a real threat to Communist China.
How did Truman respond to soviet atomic threat?
Truman's response to the Soviet Atomic Threat was to forge ahead with a new weapon to maintain America's nuclear superiority.
How successful had the Soviet Union been by 1985 and why?
the soviet union had a large portion of the earth in communism and formed a strong and weak alliance with china, and seized communism in Cuba near the U.S. and had a strong military and had many nukes as a threat to the world and was feared.
How did US leaders respond to the threat of the Soviet expansion in Europe?
the answer is containment,which was simply not to have any battles with the soviet union but to simply stop them from enpanding and just stay at their borders stoping them were ever they found a gap through the defences of the u.s
How does terrorism work?
Terrorism works by using violence or the threat of violence to attain goals that are political, religious, or ideological in state.
Nerve agents are considered the primary agents of threat to the US military because of their effectiveness through multiple routes of entry what are primary routes of entry?
Nasal passages. Pores (such as tear ducts) Pores in exposed skin.
Did Dwight Eisenhower concur with his predecessor in his opinion of the Soviet threat?
If anything Dwight Eisenhower believed the Soviet threat was immense. Harry Truman did not believe they could create a significant threat so soon after being devastated in World War II.
Who was in the trail and execution in 1953 that intensified the fear of communism as ab internal threat to the US?
The Rosenberg trial. The Rosenberg's were charged and convicted of giving the Soviet Union secret military information. They were executed for this crime.
How is the Military Industrial Complex a threat to democracy?
no
What was the military alliance founded by Western nations to counteract Communism in Europe?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded to provide a coordinated military strategy to deal with the perceived threat from the USSR. The Soviet response to this was to create the Warsaw Pact: a military alliance of Russia and its communist Eastern European satellite states.
