Primary Source 28.1: A Soviet View of the Arms Race

This propaganda poster from the 1950s reads, “We are a peaceful people, but our armored train stands in ready reserve.” The reference to the armored train recalls the Bolshevik use of trains in combat against the White armies during the Russian civil war of the early 1920s.

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(© Sovfoto)

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