After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and the Soviet Union began nuclear arms control talks, ones that continued even as the U.S. fought communist forces in Vietnam. What explains why this might have occurred?
a. Nuclear war was something that both sides in the Cold War seemed especially prone to, despite their ideological differences
b. Despite all appearances to the contrary, the Cold War eased after the crisis, and tension stayed at a relative level point until the fall of the Soviet Union
c. The U.S. government’s leaders were mainly attempting to boost public opinion in continuing with the Vietnam conflict, after a time.
d. Both were attempting to develop smaller, tactical nuclear weapons that could be used strategically, but in the meantime feared international nuclear escalation
Answer: B
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