Part 8

Quiz for Document P8-1: NSC-68 (1950)

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Question 1

According to the authors of NSC-68, the collapse of the international nation-state system following World War II led toA. global chaos and poverty.
B. greater freedom and cooperation.
C. the rise of African and Asian power.
D. U.S. and Soviet global dominance.

Question 2

The views adopted by the authors of NSC-68 regarding the nature of the Soviet Union and of the goals of World Communism under Soviet leadership resemble those expressed byA. Albert Einstein.
B. George Kennan.
C. Henry Wallace.
D. Walter Lippmann.

Question 3

According to the report, the Soviet Union looked on American cultural, social, political, and economic institutions as institutions to beA. attacked and destroyed.
B. derided and parodied.
C. infiltrated and used.
D. studied and imitated.

Question 4

According to NSC-68, U.S. Cold War military necessity will require increased taxes andA. decreased leisure.
B. increased food production.
C. reductions in social spending.
D. suspension of civil liberties.

Question 5

Taken as a whole, points 1–11 of the “comprehensive and decisive program to win the peace” recommended by the National Security Council amount to the creation of a political and economic system designed to fightA. counter-insurgencies.
B. regional conflicts.
C. short decisive wars.
D. total war.