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Rise of the Superpowers (USA & USSR) from events prior
to and during WWII World War II: the process of
superpowerdom It is often wondered how the superpowers
achieved their position of dominance. It seems that the
maturing of the two superpowers, Russia and the United
States, can be traced to World War II. To be a
superpower, a nation needs to have a strong economy, an
overpowering military, immense international political power
and, related to this, a strong national ideology. It was this
war, and its results, that caused each of these superpowers
to experience such a preponderance of power. Before the
war, both nations were fit to be described as great powers,
but it would be erroneous to say that they were superpowers
at that point. To understand how the second World War
impacted these nations so greatly, we must examine the
causes of the war. The United States gained its strength in
world affairs from its status as an economic power. In the
years before the war,......

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