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How did the war bring economic prosperity to the United States?

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As the Cold War unfolded in the decade and a half after World War II, the United States experienced phenomenal economic growth. The war brought the return of prosperity, and in the postwar period the United States consolidated its position as the world's richest country. ... The growth had different sources.

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