Question

15. During the Cold War, the United States foreign policy of containment consisted of

A. deterrence and mutual assured destruction.
B. wars and mutual assured destruction.
C. wars and covert operations.
D. deterrence and covert operations.

Answer 1

what you guess here about the answer...?

Answer 2

+B

Answer 3

nope... next try please....

Answer 4

c

Answer 5

yeah correct now... have a look here for details too...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment

Answer 6

The U.S. and the Soviet Union kept an uneasy balance of nuclear capability. They had more land based nukes, but we had practically unassailable submarines with nukes.

Having a huge standing army and nukes was plenty of deterrence.

The two countries tried to avoid overt displays of hostility towards one another. It was more a game of cat and mouse. So, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the U.S. didn't publicly respond. Instead, we secretly funded the resistance fighters.

Answer 7

C is incorrect.

Answer 8

c is correct...

Answer 9

"C. wars and covert operations."
The Cold War wasn't a \(war\) @paki . ;)

Answer 10

If you mean a "silent and debate 'war'", then, that makes sense. However, the Cold War did not result in a "war" between the superpowers.

Answer 11

^ (not a \(physical\) war, at least.)

Answer 12

More like a war to see which nation was the strongest.

Answer 13

yeah i know @EclipsedStar cold war was not a war but a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact)....

Answer 14

I can see why you think it could be C, but containment is a \(very\) complex military strategy.

Answer 15

though we can say it a POLITICAL war....

Answer 16

and yeah, you got me now...

Answer 17

Mutual Assured Destruction -- The Soviet Union could not destroy us without us destroying them.

Answer 18

The U.S. and the Soviet Union kept an uneasy balance of nuclear capability. Not to mention the equal amount of nukes and military forces.

Answer 19

So, which answer makes the most sense @jazmineeee ?

Answer 20

i think c

Answer 21

Did you read the text that I provided?

Answer 22

its A

Answer 23

"C. wars and covert operations." <--- There were no "wars" in the Cold War.

Answer 24

Yes, A is correct.

Answer 25

Thanks

Answer 26

No problem. Thanks for trying Paki. :P X) :3

Answer 27

Lol @jazmineeee I have a grudge against Paki, hence that comment. ;)

Answer 28

lol