The Flexible response was a policy implemented by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 in order to substitute the New Look and the massive retaliation policy that Dwight Eisenhower's had introduced, which consisted on responding using a greater force in case of an attack, and such force involved nuclear weapons.
On the other hand, the flexible response policy aknowledges the Mutual assured destruction if nuclear weapons are involved, as the enemy with shoot back too. It aimed to provide a manner of responding to agression across the spectrum of war but without the employment of nuclear weapons.
Athens in the 5th to 4th century BCE had an extraordinary system of government: democracy. Under this system, all male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena.
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The United States and Japan, Britain, and Germany are now friendly nations who rely on each other for military alliances, and economic trade.
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