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Explain the reasoning behind massive retaliation and brinkmanship?
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∙ 14y ago
The threat of massive retaliation deters attack.
Brinksmanship was the attempt to obtain as much political advantage as possible without going too far and starting a nuclear war that would kill everybody. The term refers to the strategy of going to the brink of war without quite starting a war. This was thought to be necessary because the US and the USSR were involved in a desperate struggle for global domination, and used every means at their disposal short of nuclear war. If either nation was too timid, or too frightened of war, they would wind up giving in to their opponent and losing the struggle. It was a crazy situation.
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Who was known for his policy of massive retaliation and his approach of war called brinkmanship?
John Foster Dulles
Who articulated a policy of massive retaliation?
Eisenhower
During the Cold War the foreign policy of the US called for in the event of a Soviet attack.?
Massive Retaliation
Which aspect of President Eisenhower's foreign policy relied more on nuclear weapons to respond to a Soviet attack ?
It was called "massive retaliation."
Which aspect of president eisenhower foreign policy relied more on nuclear weapons to respond to a soviet attack?
It was called "massive retaliation."
What was Eisenhower's foreign policy?
brinkmanship, massive retaliation
Who was known for his policy of massive retaliation and his approach of war called brinkmanship?
John Foster Dulles
How did president eisenhower use brinkmanship and the threat of massive retaliation to prevent war with the Soviet Union?
relied on small nuclear arms.
Cold war strategy whereby the us was prepared to engage in massive nuclear retaliation at any time?
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) Brinkmanship
How do you think a more powerful weapon such as the hydrogen bomb would fit within the policies of brinkmanship and massive retaliation?
The hydrogen bomb, which is incredibly destructive would fit into the "massive retaliation" part of the "mutually assured destruction" policy. Such a weapon makes the game of brinkmanship all the more important, because a fall into all-out war would be the destruction of major metropolises and millions of casualties instantly.
What aspect of president Eisenhower foreign policy called for large numbers of nuclear weapons?
massive retaliation
What the foreign policy the US called for in the event of a soviet attack?
Massive retaliation.
Define massive retaliation?
Massive retaliation is a military strategy of counterattack involving the use of nuclear weapons.
What is trumans doctrine?
massive retaliation
Which aspect of president eisenhowers foreign policy relied more on nuclear weapons to respond to a soviet attack?
massive retaliation
Who articulated a policy of massive retaliation?
Eisenhower
During the Cold War the foreign policy of the US called for in the event of a Soviet attack.?
Massive Retaliation
