Defensive battle means protecting your own country by a starting a force battle to protect your land from an attack. This type of battle does not progress on the territory of the enemy. Offensive battle on the other hand id the opposite, the people of the country do not wait for the enemies to attack but they initiate the attack with a strategy.
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I think the answer to ur question C
<span>They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society.</span>