How did the cold war contribute to economic growth in the united states?

War and economic growth are almost inseparable in the imperialist adventure of the United States. American companies were boosted with the transfer of military technologies and with the opening of the European market in the reconstruction of the continent due to the WWII. From then on, the basic recipe was to encourage private enterprise (helping entrepreneurs who wanted to open their own business, for example) and ensure that the government would get little in the economy (the market, by the law of supply and demand, would regulate the rise -and economic decline).

The fear of the spread of communism around the world led the US to engage in various military conflicts. Simultaneously, the Kennedy administration began to develop nuclear weapons to overcome Soviet nuclear forces. With this, he obtained more investments for the arms race and fomenting the economy of the country

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