PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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Hot Line
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Flexible Response
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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The Great Society
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Detailed explanation-1: -In numerous books, movies, video games, etc., the hotline between Washington and Moscow is represented by a red phone, although the real hotline has never been a telephone line. A hotline telephone was depicted in the film Fail-Safe as the “Red 1 / Ultimate 1 Touch phone", and also in Stanley Kubrick’s film Dr.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy implemented the “flexible response” defense strategy, one that relied on multiple options for responding to the Soviet Union, discouraged massive retaliation, and encouraged mutual deterrence.
Detailed explanation-3: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.