Ecological Effects of Anti Communism Strategies by the...

During the early stages of the Cold War (1945-1954), the United States became so dedicated to stopping the spread of communism that they completely ignored the potential ecological effects of their strategic decisions, signifying a complete disconnect from contemplative ecology. During this period under the Truman Administration, there was an overwhelming societal belief that national security concerns trump environmental safety. As a matter of fact, there was zero concern from the federal government towards environmental safety, as evidenced by the United States Federal Government Spending for the Fiscal Year of 1950. Zero concern equalling zero dollars being spent on ‘pollution abatement’, and most appalling ‘protection of biodiversity†¦show more content†¦For the consequences of wiping out American cities with atomic weapons would result in the simultaneous destruction of Soviet cities from an American counter-attack. The ultimate result would be mutually assured destruction on both sides. The ecological reprocussions from such a scenario would be disasterous. Both the Americans and the Soviets had enough nuclear weapons to not only wipe each other off the map, but also enduce a global nuclear winter—which is when the nu clear fallout is so thick it blocks out the sun, lowering the global climate, killing of plantlife, animal life which depended on that plantlife, and ultimately causing a complete food chain disruption. Hell on Earth as we know it. Fortunately, worldwide nuclear winter was only a possibility, never a reality. But for some people, the reprocussions of the use of nuclear weapons are very real. The United States tested 67 nuclear weapons in Bikini Atoll from 1946-1958. Bikini Atoll, which belonged to a conglomerate of 23 islands—the Marshall Islands—was formerly inhabited by nearly 5000 bikinians before they were voluntarily evacuated in order to begin nuclear testing. 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