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When the Use of Nuclear Weapons was Contemplated by the US Nuclear Weapons Crises

A few years after the end of World War II, the world polarized into the Western camp centered around the US and the Eastern camp centered around the Soviet Union, respectively promoting capitalism and communism. The competition between these differing social systems was called the "Cold War," and the Truman Doctrine is usually considered to be its starting point.
The conflict escalated, and the camps raced to expand their nuclear weapons based on the principle of nuclear deterrence. As a result, they accumulated more than enough nuclear power to destroy each other, and humanity was increasingly threatened with annihilation in the event of total nuclear war. It has now become clear that the principle of nuclear deterrence should be abandoned, and we must enter an age in which all parties seek a path to mutual existence.

Nuclear Weapons Crises (When the Use of Nuclear Weapons was Contemplated by the US)

1946	March	Deployment of Soviet army in Iran.
	November	Shooting down of a US plane by Yugoslavia.
1948	April-June	Sealing off of West Berlin by Soviet Union.
1950	June	Break-out of Korean War.
1953	August	Deterioration of Korean War.
1954	April-May	Offer to supply A-bomb to French Army on Vietnam front.
	August	China declares intent to liberate Taiwan.
1956	October	Second Middle East War (Suez Crisis).
1958	July	Coup d'etat by Iraq's military and the Taiwan Strait crisis.
1959	May	Berlin issue.
1961	June	Same as above.
1962	October	Cuban missile crisis.
1968	January	Seizure of USS Pueblo by North Korea.
	February	Vietnam War (Battle of Quesan).
1969	November	Intensification of Vietnam War.
1970	September	Invasion of Jordan by Syria.
1973	October	Desire to halt Fourth Middle East War.
1980	January	Desire to halt Iran crisis.
1991	January	Anticipation of chemical weapons use by Iraq in Persian Gulf War.