Massive+Retaliation+LB

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﻿A Policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by farce. ======

The Korean war had convinced Eisenhower that the U.S. could not contain communism by fighting a series of small wars. Such wars were unpopular and too expensive. Instead wars had to be prevented from happening in the first place. The best way to do that seemed to threaten to use nuclear weapons. The new policy enabled Eisenhower to cut military spending from $50 billion to $34 billion.