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AP World History: Modern
Unit 7 – Global Conflicts (1900-Present)
Topic 7.9
How might Cold War dynamics have changed if Cuban Missile Crisis had led to nuclear war between US and USSR?
China becomes sole superpower during Cold War era instead of US and USSR.
NATO would be dissolved immediately following this incident.
A full-scale nuclear war could’ve resulted in vast destruction or global catastrophe, potentially leading to different or no superpowers thereafter.
There would have been an immediate world peace movement afterwards.
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AP World History: Modern - 7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
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