NSC 162/2
{{Short description|1953 US National Security Council paper on Cold War policy}}
NSC 162/2 was a policy paper of the United States National Security Council approved by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 30 October 1953 which defined the Cold War national security policy during the Eisenhower administration. NSC{{nbsp}}162/2 was based upon NSC{{nbsp}}162, which was the final synthesis of the task force reports of Project Solarium.{{cite book|last=Mitrovich|first=Gregory|title=Undermining the Kremlin: America's Strategy to Subvert the Soviet Bloc, 1947–1956|date=2000|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0801437113|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w6TVdT-q7vcC&pg=PA145 145]|language=en}} On 7 January 1955, NSC{{nbsp}}162/2 was superseded by NSC{{nbsp}}5501.{{cite book|last=Mitrovich|first=Gregory|title=Undermining the Kremlin: America's Strategy to Subvert the Soviet Bloc, 1947–1956|date=2000|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0801437113|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w6TVdT-q7vcC&pg=PA166 166]|language=en}}
Massive retaliation
NSC{{nbsp}}162/2 stated that the United States needs to maintain "a strong military posture, with emphasis on the capability of inflicting massive retaliatory damage by offensive striking power", and that, in the event of hostilities, the United States "will consider nuclear weapons as available for use as other munitions."
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-162-2.pdf NSC 162/2 original document]
- [https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v02p1/d101 NSC 162/2], digitized version by the Office of the Historian
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Category:Cold War history of the United States
Category:Nuclear history of the United States
Category:United States defense policymaking
Category:Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower