Apush Chapter 3 Summary

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While reading through the content of Chapter Three, a time period in history of the late 20th century was seen in my eyes as a great metaphor for the topics covered. The Cold War Era is a great conversation point when talking about the decision to go to war or not. On page 112 of “FLS” the idea of preemptive war was discussed. Preemptive war is defined by the “anticipation that an attack by the other side is eminent” (FLS 113). For almost all of the latter half of the twentieth century, Americans had this mind set, thinking war with the USSR was going to happen sooner or later. One question that arose in my mind is why did neither the US or USSR never make that first strike? Figure 3.5 in the text book is a good depiction for why a state

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