After the end of World War II, the world entered a relatively peaceful historical pattern. However, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in the fields of economy, military and science and technology marks the formation of the cold war pattern, and this competition is also very prominent in the field of education, and the promulgation and implementation of the US National Defense Education Act is one of the manifestations; 1957 The launch of the Soviet satellite made the American government and people blame the backwardness of American defense science and technology on the backwardness of education, and the voice of education reform was growing, which quickly became the direct international motivation for the promulgation and implementation of the national defense education law in the United States.

The promulgation and implementation of the National Defense Education Law has promoted the development of American education, improved the quality of American education and trained a large number of scientific and technological talents for the development of American society. .