Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's Policy of Massive Retaliation

question 56

Multiple Choice

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation:

• A) was part of the effort to rely more on conventional forces.
• B) eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• C) calmed the American public's fear of nuclear war.
• D) applied only to communist China.
• E) declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.

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