Chapter 5 Self-test questions

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. Why did the agreement to create a European Defence Community (EDC) collapse?

Because West Germany was incorporated into NATO correct incorrect

Because the French National Assembly in August 1954 were opposed to it correct incorrect

Because Stalin was hostile to it correct incorrect

Because of a growing commitment to a united, neutral Germany correct incorrect

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. Which of the following provisions was not part of the Eden Plan?

Elections would take place for an all-German constituent assembly correct incorrect

Decisions it took would be based on a majority vote correct incorrect

Any future government would be given the right to take over the existing international obligations of the West German government correct incorrect

West Germany would be incorporated in NATO correct incorrect

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. What did the 'Disarmament Dilemma' imply?

President Eisenhower was fully committed to disarmament correct incorrect

A series of speeches by President Eisenhower to promote progress towards a stable peace correct incorrect

Disarmament would be detrimental to American interests, but since this could not be declared, something had to be done to show willing to push the disarmament process forward correct incorrect

A desire to avoid US military weakness but a wish to make peace with the USSR correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about John Foster Dulles is not true:

In 1945 Dulles helped prepare the United Nations Charter correct incorrect

In 1953 he was appointed by President Eisenhower as the US Secretary of State correct incorrect

Dulles's main goal in the above position was to improve the position of the US in the Cold War correct incorrect

Dulles played an important role in ending the Cuban missile crisis correct incorrect

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. What was special about the New Look?

The provision of sufficient conventional forces to defend Western Europe. correct incorrect

The commitment to a process of disarmament. correct incorrect

Securing divisions between the Soviet Union and China. correct incorrect

The role of nuclear weapons in reducing conventional forces. correct incorrect

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. What was the Gaither Commission asked to examine

The impact of missiles launched from space. correct incorrect

Whether missile technology would enable human beings to be put into space. correct incorrect

Civil defence in a broad context especially maintaining second strike capabilities. correct incorrect

The role of the hydrogen bomb on the development of nuclear strategy. correct incorrect