 | Disarmament - 1961 - 164 pages
...primary purpose of our arms is peace, not war - to make certain that they will never have to be used - to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...any attack would be futile - to provide backing for diplomatic settlement of disputes- to ensure the adequacy of our bargaining power for an end to the... | |
 | United States. President (1961-1963 : Kennedy) - Presidents - 1962 - 982 pages
...purpose of our arms is peace, not war — to make certain that they will never have to be used — to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...attack would be futile — to provide backing for diplomatic settlement of disputes — to insure the adequacy of our bargaining power for an end to... | |
 | United States - 1964 - 1784 pages
...small—to convince all potential aggressors that any attack would be futile—to provide backing for diplomatic settlement of disputes— to insure the...our bargaining power for an end to the arms race. The basic problems of the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. * * * 2. Our arms... | |
 | John Lewis Gaddis - History - 1982 - 452 pages
...set out the objectives of this strategy in his first message to Congress on defense, in March 1961: "to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...convince all potential aggressors that any attack would he futile — to provide backing for the diplomatic settlement of disputes — to insure the adequacy... | |
 | Walter L. Hixson - History - 2000 - 356 pages
...the theory is onclear as well. Although Kennedy proclaimed that the strategy of flexible response was "to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...— to convince all potential aggressors that any aitack would be finite — to provide hacking for the diplomatic settlement of disputes — lo insure... | |
 | Robert C. Grogin - History - 2001 - 370 pages
...the increasingly volatile third world. When President Kennedy came to office he ambitiously proposed to "deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or conventional, large or small." The United States, he felt, must demonstrate the will to take up arms in a nuclear age. His doctrine... | |
 | John Lewis Gaddis - History - 2005 - 503 pages
...response." Kennedy set out its objectives in his first message to Congress on defense, in March 1961: "to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...our bargaining power for an end to the arms race." Eisenhower and Dulles had sought similar goals, of course, but at minimal cost: as a consequence, they... | |
 | Gary Donaldson - History - 2007 - 368 pages
...first message to Congress on defense, Kennedy described flexible response as a strategy that would "deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or conventional,...potential aggressors that any attack would be futile." As part of flexible response, Kennedy wanted to deal with what he called "brushfires," small wars (usually... | |
 | United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - Disarmament - 1962 - 846 pages
...purpose of our arms is peace, not war — to make certain that they will never have to be used — to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or...attack would be futile — to provide backing for diplomatic settlement of disputes — to insure the adequacy of our bargaining power for an end to... | |
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The primary purpose of our arms is peace, not war— to make certain that they will never have to be used— to deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or conventional, large or small— to convince all potential aggressors that any attack would be... 