Ongress decides to fund a new road system knowing that such an action would reduce education and defense spending for the next two years. Which of the following is illustrated by this decision?

a Democracy
b Competing goals of political parties
c Competing socio-economic goals
d Inflation

In shifting to a defense policy based upon the concept of "flexible response," president kennedy was indicating that he had grave doubts about thevalue of which previous defense policy? a massive retaliationb collective securityc containmentd air power

This is the belief that a nation must develop and maintain a strong military force in order to pursue and defend its national interests.

Which of the following arguments decided the debate over using the atomic bomb against japan in 1945? using the bomb would destroy the armaments still available to japanese forces in japan. using the bomb would demonstrate the power of the united states to the entire world. using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops. using the bomb would enable allied forces to invade and take over the japanese mainland