World War II
"Although spying was apart of the World Wars, the use of spies was not as popular as it became in the Cold War. Due to the countless number of causalities in
WWII, the president, John F. Kennedy, was strictly against the thought of another fatal war. "
-excerpt from Spies:The Cold War
In World War II (and World War I) the thought of war was centered on the idea of hand-to-hand combat and technical maneuvers in the field. For example the extreme amount of causalities resulting in the use of combat in World War II ranged around 17 million. In America alone the fatalities were in the 400,000 ("Digital History"). One source even goes on to say, “The Second World War was the most deadly, destructive and consequential war in history. ("Think Quest")” Because of the nature of the World Wars, especially the most recent of the two, America was left to use this image of one war to help mold and sculpt the way war was perceived.