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The article discusses the atomic strategy of the U.S. in the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1946 to 1948. The "Polar Concept," or the idea that circuitous routes over the Arctic and North Pole were the most direct and least defended routes between the U.S. and the USSR, is commented on at length. The strategic location of Alaska for the U.S. in the face of a growing threat from Japan is also discussed, as is the creation of the Strategic Air Command (SAC).