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ush vocab 7
21 terms
Term | Definition |
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strategic materials | materials needed for fighting a war |
limited war | a war fought with limited commitment of resources to achieve a limited objective such as containing communism |
subversion | a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using people working secretly from within |
loyalty review program | a policy established by president truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the american government |
massive retaliation | a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by force |
military-industrial complex | an informal relationship that some people believe exists between the military and the defense industry to promote greater military spending and influence government policy |
brinkmanship | the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down |