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President Kennedy's Flexible Response was initiated to provide the United States with various means of response to aggression, not limited to nuclear attacks. As a result, his response to Vietnam was to send additional advisors, increase our military aid to the South Vietnam government and institute the disastrous Strategic Hamlet Program.
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What event shocked Americans and resulted in a dramatic shift in American policy toward japan?
world war I & II and Vietnam
What best describes President Kennedy's foreign policy program with regard to the Soviet Union?
President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.
What is the free silver issue?
This was a Central America Policy issue in the late 19th century about using "free coinage" of silver instead of the gold standard. It was a response to inflation, but had it been done it would have resulted in a greater inflation.
How did the policy impose costs in the Vietnam war?
It didn't
What US foreign policy issue was a motivation for American intervention in Vietnam?
The fact that Vietnam was being taken over by a dictator was one of the foreign policy issues that motivated American intervention in Vietnam. At first, the Americans were just there to teach the people of South Vietnam to defend themselves through the establishment of an army. There was also the Containment Policy, which was the United States' foreign policy to prevent more countries from "acquiring the disease of Communism".
What is Kennedy's policy of flexible response?
The flexible response was for responding to war with flexible whatevers
What was Kennedy's policy of flexible response to communism?
Flexible Response was the use of conventional forces and weapons as an alternative to nuclear war.
What event shocked Americans and resulted in a dramatic shift in American policy toward japan?
world war I & II and Vietnam
What was the purpose of kennedys flexible response defense policy?
To make sure the United States was ready to fight any battle
Why did President John F. Kennedy give increased funding to conventional forces as well as Special Forces?
to enable the United Sates to pursue a "flexible response" defense policy
Why did president john f. Kennedy give increased funding to conventional forces as well as special forces?
to enable the United Sates to pursue a "flexible response" defense policy
What best describes Kennedy's foreign policy program with regard to the Soviet Union?
President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.
John F. Kennedy replace Eisenhower'sconsecpt of massive retaliation with with who?
President John F. Kennedy abandoned the policy of massive retaliation during the Cuban Missile Crisis in favor of flexible response. Under the Kennedy Administration, the U.S. adopted a more flexible policy in an attempt to avert nuclear war if the Soviets did not cooperate with American demands.
The long telegram resulted in?
The containment policy
What best describes President Kennedy's foreign policy program with regard to the Soviet Union?
President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.
Does a flexible universal life insurance policy expire at a certain age?
A flexible UL policy CAN expire unless you add more premiums to keep it in force.
Who applied the safe village policy in south Vietnam?
the Us and Vietnam government
