THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Military Industrial Complex
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The Domino Theory
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Flexible Response
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Roll back Theory
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Like his predecessors, Kennedy adopted the policy of containment, which purported to stop the spread of Communism. President Eisenhower’s New Look policy had emphasized the use of nuclear weapons to deter the threat of Soviet aggression.
Detailed explanation-3: -Flexible Response gave the president the ability to select from nonmilitary options, as well as military options, when responding to a crisis and allowed the United States to meet each hostile action with a proportional reaction.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Kennedy initiated a flexible response to deal with the complicated conflicts in the Cold War. The Flexible Response policy allowed the U.S. to choose from various diplomatic, political, and military options to create a proportional response to any given conflict.