Pontecorvo's defection happened during which historical period?
The Great Depression
World War II
The Cold War
The Renaissance
Answer
During the Cold War, a period of intense geopolitical rivalry and ideological conflict between the United States and its Western allies against the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc counterparts, Pontecorvo's defection occurred in 1950.
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