Flexible response

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Nuclear strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to supersede previous policy of Massive Retaliation. Flexible Response was implemented to develop several options, other than the nuclear option, for quickly dealing with enemy aggression. The strategy sought to target an enemy's military force first, not its civilian population. The strategy was conceived by Robert McNamara and many view it as key to France's exiting of NATO's integrated forces.

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