Eisenhower saw as a complex of military and
industrial interests with a vested stake in the
arms race.” (Jones 240) The average annual U.S.
military spending during the Cold War was 298.5
billion dollars. In 1945, the year that the two
atom bombs were dropped on Japan, thus ending
World War II, the U.S. military spent 962.7
million dollars on defense. In 1946, 500.6
million dollars was spent on defense. In 1952 -
when
the Hydrogen bomb was completed and
detonated -
the U.S. military spent 408.5
million dollars. The total cost of the cold was
from 1948-1991 was $13.1 trillion. If the Cold
War had not taken place, and the U.S. government
had not spent the 13.1 trillion dollars, the U.S.
would not have such a large deficit as it does
today.
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