homophily is the tendency for the people that are attracted and interact with an individual who is similar and related to them in characteristics such as values, attitudes, socioeconomic state, education.
People in homophilic bonds share similar characteristics that make interaction and relationship development easier.
Homophily usually arises if an individual resides nearby and also have alike characteristics and it also causes because of family ties, school activity.
The destruction of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American atomic weapons in August 1945 began an arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.