The flexible response was for responding to war with flexible whatevers
To make sure the United States was ready to fight any battle
Flexible Response was the use of conventional forces and weapons as an alternative to nuclear war.
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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.
flexible response was developed so that the US did not have to resort to nuclear warfare in times of crisis
He was furious at them - I think he called them SOB's.
Flexible response
to enable the United Sates to pursue a "flexible response" defense policy
to enable the United Sates to pursue a "flexible response" defense policy
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.
President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.
President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.