John F. Kennedy's Strategy of Flexible Response

question 1

Multiple Choice

John F. Kennedy's strategy of flexible response

• A) was an updated version of John Foster Dulles's doctrine of massive retaliation.
• B) was used in his battle with the leadership of the steel industry.
• C) called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis.
• D) required increased spending on a variety of nuclear weapons systems to be deployed around the world.
• E) cut back nuclear weapons in favor of guerrilla forces.

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