1. use the graph below showing the cost of wars in the 20th century to answer the following question.

which is the best explanation for why the cold war is not included in this chart?

a) since the cold war didn't involve fighting, there was no money budgeted or lost in fighting the cold war.

b) because the cold war is just another name for the vietnam war, that cost is included in the graph.

c) the cold war was not a conventional war, and its costs are measured by the individual proxy wars.

d) it is included in the costs of world war ii as part of the global post-war recovery.

Correct  C) The Cold War was not a conventional war, and its costs are measured by the individual proxy wars.  

Explanation:

Both the Korean War and the Vietnam War would factor in as "proxy wars" during the Cold War.

One could argue that there would be ways to chart the costs of the Cold War simply by tabulating what was spent on developing military arsenals that stood ready to be used in the event of direct warfare between the superpowers who opposed each other in the Cold War.  As the Cold War continued, the two superpowers (US and USSR) kept escalating their weapons capabilities and stockpiles.  It got to the point that if the two sides did plunge into war, they would face mutually assured destruction. Massive amounts were spent on the proliferation of nuclear weapons.  

C) The Cold War was not a conventional war, and its costs are measured by the individual proxy wars.  

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