Which of the following characterizes Soviet and American goals at the end of the war?
a. Both the Soviets and the Americans wanted to pursue tangible possessions like territory and intangible goals like ideological supremacy.
b. The Soviets wanted tangible possessions like territory, and the Americans wanted to address intangible goals, like the general context of world politics.
c. Both superpowers rejected the pursuit of tangible possessions and pursued intangible goals like the general context of world politics.
d. The Americans wanted tangible possessions like territory, and the Soviets wanted to address intangible goals, like ideological domination.
e. Both the Americans and the Soviets wanted tangible possessions like territory, but the Americans also wanted to address intangible goals, like the general context of world politics.
Question 2
National Security Council Report 68
a. called for a vast increase in U.S. defense expenditures.
b. opposed the American aid to Greece and Turkey.
c. predicted the Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb.
d. called for a direct attack on the Soviet Union.
e. predicted that the Soviet Union would increase its influence in Eastern Europe but would not attempt global domination.
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