The Western Alliance of Europe and the United States was known as ________.
A) The GB Alliance
B) The Warsaw Pact
C) NATO
D) United Nations
The current problem of warfare is ________.
A) internal conflicts spill over into entire regions and spawn terrorism
B) terrorists are without moral consciences and will strike anywhere
C) the proliferation of chemical and biological warfare available to terrorists
D) organized war has been replaced with criminal enterprises
The USSR leader who declared new policies of glasnost and perestroika was ________.
A) Gorbachev
B) Yeltsin
C) Stalin
D) Lenin
The Taliban are characterized by:
A) a communist backed group
B) a Pakistani movement
C) a fundamentalist religious group
D) B and C only
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the U.S. policy on wars during the cold war era?
A) The U.S. would engage in no wars or political action abroad during this era.
B) The U.S. would help topple governments that were not elected to help spread democracy.
C) The U.S. helped topple elected governments and supported non-elected governments to further its policies.
D) The U.S. supported left-wing separatist movements where it had economic interests by providing arms and military training.
The United States viewed the wars in Korea and Vietnam as a ________.
A) a struggle to maintain territories
B) a struggle to prevent terrorism
C) a struggle to spread democracy
D) a struggle to contain communism
Limited war is characterized by ________.
A) strict rules of conduct and ideals of glory
B) mass mobilization of nationalistic armies
C) destruction of infrastructure and displaced civilians
D) battles over influence and small regional conflicts
E) all of the above
The primary difference between limited war and total war is ________.
A) the reasons for declaring war
B) the destruction of the environment
C) the goals of war
D) the involvement of non-combatants
Shock and Awe tactics were started in which war?
A) Operation Freedom
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Europe's 100-year War
The American Civil War illustrated the transformation of war due to?
A) Industrialization
B) Enclosure movement
C) Cold War
D) Populism