Massive Retaliation (1954) John Foster Dulles

Massive Retaliation (1954)
John Foster Dulles
We want, for ourselves and the other free nations, a maximum deterrent at a bearable cost. . . . Local defense will always be important. But there is no local defense whichalone will contain the mighty land power of the Communist world. Local defenses must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power. A potential aggressor mustknow that he cannot always prescribe battle conditions that suit him. . . .
The way to deter aggression is for the free community to be willing and able to respond vigorously at places and with means of its own choosing. . . .
If we can deter such aggression as would mean general war, and that is our confident resolve, then we can let time and fundamentals work for us.
-Under Eisenhower and Dulles, the United States developed a nuclear strategy for defense based on

A) building more conventional and nuclear weapons.
B) ensuring that Western Hemisphere nations would fight with the United States.
C) signing arms reduction treaties.
D) launching frequent preemptive military strikes.