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Which of these offers the best explanation for the increase in military spending in the 1950s?

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An increase could have been due to the cold war. The US spent more to make a more powerful military to compete with Russia
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The rise of military spending correlates to the Korean War. It took place in the 1950-1953 and the spending continued after its end

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