The Cold War By Kenneth Rose s One Nation Underground

The Cold War, which was considered the â€Å"years of maximum danger,† lasted from 1949-1962. This period brought an increasing sense of danger to America because the Soviet Union came into possession of an atomic bomb in 1949; an idea many Americans thought to be impossible unless the Soviet Union had a spy in the United States, which they did. Because the Soviet Union had an atomic bomb, a nuclear war became a reality. In Kenneth Rose’s â€Å"One Nation Underground† he told of rising issues associated with the Cold War and the threat of nuclear bombings. The Cold War, in conjunction with the inventions of (total destructive) bombs, generated new dangers, fears, and morality issues among Americans, which led to further increased fears. At the†¦show more content†¦When the Soviet Union came into possession of a nuclear bomb, the realization that the horrific aftermath, much like the one in Hiroshima, could happen in America struck fear into Americans. Th e cold war in conjunction with the nuclear arms race raised a countless number of dangers that were new to Americans. One of the most obvious risks raised by the nuclear arms race was the blast of the bomb itself. The bombs that were emerging were only getting colossal, and the effects were reaching potential world destruction. For example, the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were minuscule compared to the Hydrogen bomb, which the U.S built to stay ahead of the Soviet Union. But as history has shown itself, the Soviet Union came kept up with the competition and created a Hydrogen bomb as well. Now both countries possessed bombs that could decimate out entire countries. Not only would the blast of the bomb have devastating effects on communities, but also the fallout of the bomb would play a vast role in the outright destruction of populations. The fallout, when all of the radiation from the bomb falls on the people, resulted in gruesome health effects. The fallout could cause rashes, severe burns, leukemia, and birth defects for anyone outside, so the answer was thought to be shelter if under nuclear attack. With that being said, the fallout shelter became a huge topic of conversation among Americans. Many