University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 8-2012 The iS lent Arms Race: The Role of the Supercomputer During the Cold War, 1947-1963 David Warren Kirsch University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Asian History Commons, European History Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kirsch, David Warren, "The iS lent Arms Race: The Role of the Supercomputer During the Cold War, 1947-1963" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 423. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/423 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. THE SILENT ARMS RACE: THE ROLE OF THE SUPERCOMPUTER DURING THE COLD WAR, 1947-1963 THE SILENT ARMS RACE: THE ROLE OF THE SUPERCOMPUTER DURING THE COLD WAR: 1947-1963 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History By David Warren Kirsch University of Arkansas Bachelor of Arts in History, 1992 University of Arkansas Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, 2001 University of Arkansas Master of Arts, University of Arkansas in Sociology, 2003 August 2012 University of Arkansas ABSTRACT One of the central features of the Cold War is the “Arms Race.” The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist republics vied for supremacy over the globe for a fifty-year period in which there were several arms races; atomic weapons, thermonuclear weapons and various kinds of conventional weapons.