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…the world into the nuclear age and t h e re were understandable fears about the effects of the new technology and about where possession of nuclear weapons would lead society. The advent of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union exacerbated…

…the powerful Axis army. To counter what could lead into an American defeat, we launched two nuclear bombs, the first two ever used in wartime. The two bombings were in a three day span with Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The Japanese…

…and continued to stockpile nuclear weapons. There was hatred, fear, and suspicion between the two countries for many years. Luckily for the whole world, however, they only hurled insults at each other, not missiles. Near the end of World War II, Berlin…

…how to split the uranium atom, releasing nuclear energy. When physicists in the United States learned of this discovery, many feared that Hitler might acquire a frightening new weapon: an atomic bomb. Refugees from the Nazis, most notably the Hungarian…

…Russian aid to the area. In October 1986, Mikhail had a meeting with Reagan that took place in Iceland. These meetings that Reagan an! d Gorbachev were holding were to discuss the issue of limiting the amount of nuclear weapons. Later, it was evident that what…

…this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine of all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take missiles away. The American response…

…During the mid 1980's, American president Ronald Regan introduced the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which the press quickly shortened to Star Wars. The purpose of Star Wars was to create a shield over America through which no nuclear weapon could…

…of Russia was caught arming Fidel Castro with nuclear weapons. The confrontation left the world in fear for thirteen long days, with the life of the world on the line. In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union, employed a daring gambit. He…

…that Saddam Hussein was on the brink of developing nuclear capabilities and that he possessed weapons of mass destructions. At the time, he potentially had the ability to launch a full scale chemical attack which could devastate a wide range of people. Also…

…Wooden-Headedness "The leader of the Iraqi regime says his land is clear of nuclear weapons. He's got them. And we're going to find them." These words of President George W. Bush encompass Barbara Tuchmann's definition of wooden-headedness. Being…