The American Policy of "Massive Retaliation" Refers to the

The American policy of "massive retaliation" refers to the

A) use of the navy to blockade the harbors of aggressive nations as well as submarines modeled off those of the Germans during the Second World War.
B) willingness to deploy tens of thousands of troops around the world to deter Communist aggression, no matter what the financial cost.
C) strategy of using the threat of nuclear war to prevent Communist aggression and, thus, keeping the financial cost manageable.
D) funding of pro-American dictatorships if it meant they would stand up to communism and agree to declare war.
E) tactic of joining forces with the Soviet Union to bombard North Korea because they would then have double the weapons and bring a quick end to the Korean War.