POLITICAL IMPACTS

FEAR OF COMMUNISM-WIDESPREAD WORRY ABOUT CUMMUNIST SUPPORTERS LED TTO INVESTIGATIONS LOYALTY AND LOWS THE MCCARRAN INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AND CREATED MCCARTHYSM. POLITICS LEANED HEAVILY ANTI-COMMUNIST MESSAGES

STRONGER PRESIDENTIAL POWER-PRESIDENTHAD MORE CONTROL OVER FOREING PRIVACY CREATING AGENCIES LIKE THE CIA AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO HANDLE SECURITY THREATS

SPENDING PRIORITY-THE GOVERNMENT INVESTED MORE IN DEFENCE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (EG. THE NATIONAL DEFENCE EDUCATION ACT) TO COMPETE WITH THE USSR

MILITARY IMPACT

NUCLEAR ARM RACE-THE U.S BUILT NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND PLANED STRATEGIES LIKE MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRACTION (M.A.D) TO DETER ATTACKS

PROXY WAR THE U.S FOUGHT INDIRECTLY THROUGH CONFLICTS IN KOREA,VIETNAM AND SUPPORTED ANTI-COMMUNST GOVERMENT ELSEWHERE

MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX-DEFENCE COMPANIES GREW FUELING THE ECONOMY AND POLITICAL INFLUENCES AND DRIVING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN WEAPONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES

PERMANENT DEFENCE INFLUENCE – ANTI-COLONIAL MOVEMENTS WERE OFTYEN SUPPORTED OR OPPOSED BASED ON COLD WAR CALCULATIONS ACCELARATING THE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS IN AFRICA,ASIA ANDD LATIN AMERICANS

GLOBAL POLICY IMPACT – INSTITUTION LEGACY:NATO, UN SECUTRITY COUNCIL DYNAMICS AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ORIGINATED OR PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED DURING THIS PERIOD.