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The Cold War went from 1939 - 1945, and it hit right after WWII, so the economy was horrible, and funding for another war, would mean irrepetable damage that couldn't be repaired. While in the middle of the war, Dwight D. Eisonhower wanted to keep peace, so he posed the threat of Nuclear War (which thank goodness he didn't go thru with his threat, or we might not be here!) The Policy that he used was called Massive Retaliation, this just means that you use a threat of Nuclear Power or whatever, to make people afraid, and willing to keep the peace. Many people were of course afraid, but more of Eisenhower's intentions, rather than being afraid of war. Also, a number of things happened during the Cold War. The Soviets shot down an American U - 2 plane, suspecting it to be a spy plane, and well, according to Eisenhower, it was a weather plane, when the soviets demanded that he apologize for these things, he refused to, and the deal between the Soviets and the Americans was no more.