massive retaliation
11retaliation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ massive ▪ brutal, violent ▪ physical ▪ swift ▪ immediate, instant …
12massive — adj. Massive is used with these nouns: ↑accumulation, ↑amount, ↑archive, ↑army, ↑assault, ↑bang, ↑barrage, ↑bill, ↑blast, ↑blaze, ↑bleeding, ↑block, ↑ …
13international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
14New Look (policy) — The New Look was the name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It reflected Eisenhower s concern for balancing the Cold War military commitments of the United… …
15nuclear strategy — ▪ military Introduction the formation of tenets and strategies for producing and using nuclear weapons. Nuclear strategy is no different from any other form of strategy in that it involves relating military means to political ends. In this …
16Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
17History of nuclear weapons — The history of nuclear weapons chronicles the development of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are devices that possess enormous destructive potential derived from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions. Starting with the scientific… …
18Flexible Response — (dt. »flexible Erwiderung«) ist eine NATO Nuklearstrategie gegenüber dem Warschauer Pakt, die in Grundzügen bereits 1959 von US General Maxwell D. Taylor als Gegenmodell zu Präsident Dwight D. Eisenhowers Konzept des New Look und der… …
19Cold War — For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). United States President …
20Cold War (1953–1962) — 1959 World map of alignments:   NATO member states …
