What effect did nuclear weapons have on the U.S. response when the Hungarians revolted against their Soviet rulers in 1956?
a. The United States felt comfortable providing military aid because it knew the Soviet Union would not risk nuclear war because of the de facto regime of superpower prudence.
b. The United States sent troops into Hungary to prevent a Soviet attack because it knew nuclear weapons guaranteed that any war would be a limited war.
c. The United States supported the Soviet retaliatory crackdown because it sought greater cooperation on nuclear weapons arms control agreements.
d. The United States did not rush to help them because nuclear weapons had brought about a de facto regime of superpower prudence.
e. The United States allied itself with Hungary immediately because it needed an eastern European base at which to house nuclear missiles.
Question 2
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia
a. employed economic shock therapy to transition to liberal democracy, which transformed Russia painfully but helped to reduce nationalism.
b. rejected the economic shock therapy approach recommended by the IMF, pursuing instead a path of economic autocracy.
c. employed economic shock therapy to transition to liberal democracy but quickly changed to a more gradual choice.
d. attempted to change the political makeup to a more liberal democracy but did not renounce the planned economy of the Soviet state.
e. failed to attempt the economic shock therapy recommended by the IMF and thus saw its economy self-destruct.