Massive Retaliation

Abstract

Contents: The Truman Administration; The Eisenhower Years; The effectiveness of massive retaliation (Korea 1950, Indochina 1954, Quemoy-Matsu 1954, 1958, Suez 1956, Hungary 1956, Lebanon 1958, Criticism of massive retaliation, Arms control, Conclusion).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 1972
Accession Number
AD0764412

Entities

People

  • Keith A. Barlow

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Defense
  • Arms Control
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Relations
  • Fusion Weapons
  • Military Budgets
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies