The Cuban missile crisis and the loss of U.S. strategic superiority relative to the Soviet Union ushered in a period of ________ in U.S. foreign policy.
A) preemption
B) deterrence
C) compellence
D) strategic defense
E) massive retaliation

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The Cuban missile crisis highlighted the need for a strategy that would prevent nuclear war through the threat of retaliation, leading to a focus on deterrence in U.S. foreign policy.

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