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During the Kennedy administration, the United States was involved in armed hostilities with all the following countries except:
During the Kennedy administration, the United States was involved in armed hostilities with all the following countries except:
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The correct option is E North Korea
Kennedy understood the need to draw a red line, and would likely make a similar decision to do so in the North Korean crisis. But at a time when the military was calling for invasion (quite the opposite of what it’s calling for now) and the general assumption was that nuclear war was inevitable, Kennedy was committed to a solution that didn’t involve a nuclear conflict, and used a sure hand and subtle means to convince the Soviets that they would lose a nuclear exchange.
Kennedy understood the need to draw a red line, and would likely make a similar decision to do so in the North Korean crisis. But at a time when the military was calling for invasion (quite the opposite of what it’s calling for now) and the general assumption was that nuclear war was inevitable, Kennedy was committed to a solution that didn’t involve a nuclear conflict, and used a sure hand and subtle means to convince the Soviets that they would lose a nuclear exchange.
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