What is the most significant lasting effect of the Cold War?

Question

Other than a couple really good TV shows and movies, that is.

Answer 1

The Cuban Missile Crisis ranks as one of the most significant events of

the  Cold War period.  For several days, the United States appeared to be

on the verge of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.  In 1962, Cuba was

convinced that the United States was planning an attack and asked the

Soviets for additional military aid.  The Soviet Union responded with

missiles and materials for construction of launch sites.  The United States

Intelligence Agency advised President Kennedy of this nuclear missile

build-up in Cuba.  The president demanded that Khrushchev remove the

missiles immediately, which Kennedy viewed as a violation of the American

sphere of influence.  On October 22nd, Kennedy announced his course of

action which included establishing a naval blockade to prevent further

shipment of supplies, a demand that the bases be dismantled, and a warning

that any attack from Cuba would be regarded as an attack by the Soviet

Union, requiring retaliation from the United States.  The con ct rose in

suspense until finally the Soviet ships were directed not to challenge the

blockade and turn back.  In a letter to Kennedy, Khrushchev expressed his

concern over the horrors of nuclear war and agreed to remove the missiles

if the United States would end the naval blockade and agree not to invade

Cuba.  The United States accepted these terms and the crisis, which had the

world on the brink of nuclear war, was over.  The Cold War would not have

another event in which tensions on both sides were so high.

The production of nuclear weapons, basically

Answer 2

I think its space technology. The Cold War led to the space race in the late 50s through the 60s. In the end, we were able to build a rocket that could reach and land a man on the Moon.

Today, we are able to send robots to land safely on Mars. Its only a matter of time before we send a human to Mars too.

Answer 3

Well the slavery was abolished but the South lived almost as another country until the  '60s when the Civil Rights movement came. Another is pyschological effect it had on America. America doesnt stand for long wars or wars with huge amounts of Casualties(see Vietnam and Iraqi).

Answer 4

we won and ronald reagan,maggie thatcher and pope john paul II showed their true genius and places in history

Answer 5

left over nucs

Answer 6

Technology improvements and the space race: we got computer chips, pyrex dishes, etc.

Answer 7

The race to build the bigger bomb led to the space race, and that led to a huge influx of technology into western marketplaces, but not to the East at all.  The color TV, pocket calculators, cellular phones, personal computers, microwave ovens, all were products of the space race.  The further development of those, and other products, are the lasting legacy of the Cold War.

Answer 8

The invention of nuclear weapons.

Answer 9

It is the freedom of 300 milion people

As the result of Reagan winning the "cold war", my country (and the rest of the East Block) are now free.

I'm from Poland

Answer 10

The collapse of Communism in Europe!