THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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massive retaliation
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developing nations
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military-industrial complex
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covert
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Detailed explanation-1: -The best way to do that seemed to be to threaten to use nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize territory by force. This policy came to be called: massive retaliation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.
Detailed explanation-3: -Massive Retaliation and the New Look In order to contain defense costs, the New Look brought about a shift in emphasis from conventional military capability to “air-atomic” capability in the form of the Strategic Air Command within a scaled-down overall military establishment. Land and naval forces were cut.
Detailed explanation-4: -massive retaliation (uncountable) A military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.