Question

Which of the following was NOT true at the height of the cold war in the 1950s?

A. The United States tended to rely on nuclear weapons rather than costly conventional forces.
B. The hostility between the U.S. and USSR grew more and more intense and uncompromising.
C. The two superpowers competed for the allegiance of the newly independent nations of the Third World.
D. Unrest, nationalism, and even revolution plagued the countries of the Third World

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that was NOT true at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s is:A. The United States tended to rely on nuclear weapons rather than costly conventional forces.During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union maintained significant conventional military forces alongside their nuclear arsenals. The strategy involved a combination of nuclear deterrence and conventional military strength. The United States, in particular, had a substantial conventional military presence in various parts of the world during this period.

Answer 2

During the 1950s, the Cold War hostility did not intensify to a point of uncompromising stance between the U.S. and USSR, as they engaged in pragmatic discussions to prevent conflict escalation.

Step-by-step explanation:

At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, it is NOT true that the hostility between the U.S. and USSR grew more and more intense and uncompromising, as represented by option B.

While hostility indeed existed and at times relations between the two superpowers were fraught, the superpowers maintained a level of pragmatic communication to avoid an escalation into a direct conflict, evident in the avoidance of a "hot" war and their mutual involvement in diplomatic discussions and arms control agreements designed to mitigate the existential threat of nuclear warfare. The other aspects listed in options A, C, and D such as the reliance on nuclear weapons, completion for allegiance from Third World countries, and the unrest in said countries were indeed characteristics of the Cold War dynamic in that era.