When President Eisenhower focused attention on the consequences of a vast military establishment linked to a huge arms industry, he was warning the United States about
A) unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex.
B) unwarranted influence by members of Congress in a historical preserve of the executive.
C) not being vigilant enough to a probable attack from the USSR.
D) being outmaneuvered in the world arms market by Japan and the EEC.
E) unwarranted influence by foreign economists.
Question -2-The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START II, called for
A) destruction of three-fourths of the nuclear warheads between the United States and Russia over ten years.
B) total elimination of all land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple warheads.
C) the United States to reduce its total of missiles to thirty-five hundred and Russia to three thousand by the year 2003 or sooner.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.
Question -3-Which United States president negotiated the START II treaty that was ratified by the Senate in 1996?
A) Carter
B) Reagan
C) Ford
D) Bush the elder
E) Clinton
Question -4-The first treaty in which the United States and the USSR agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals was
A) the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
B) the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
C) the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
D) dtente.
E) the Paris Peace Talks in 1944.
Question -5-Which of the following countries refused to sign the treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons to nations not already possessing them?
A) the United States
B) the USSR
C) France
D) Great Britain
E) none of the above
Question -6-The spread of nuclear weapons to more and more countries indicates the dangers of
A) isolationism.
B) nuclear proliferation.
C) the balance of power doctrine.
D) the tactical deterrence policy.
E) massive germ warfare strategies.
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