NSC-68

Question 1

When did USA’s nuclear monopoly end?

Answer 1

When USSR tested their own atomic bomb in September 1949

Question 2

What was the NSC-68?

Answer 2

Report by US National Security Council produced in 1950
-Saw the world in bipolar terms, highlighting the division of the world into two superpowers in conflict with each other

Question 3

What did NSC-68 encourage?

Answer 3

Military and economic aid to be given to ANY country perceived by the US to be resisting communism

Question 4

What were the three key takeaways from NSC-68?

Answer 4

-Increase in defence expenditure
-US prepared to engage in limited war
-US would assist all non-communist states