1. I think Dulles had in mind either to defeat the USSR in an economical sense or to negotiate with them in order to 'liberate captive peoples' without a war.
2. Yes, I would agree that the Communist world was encircled because of NATO, SEATO, and CENTO which surrounded the USSR, causing increased tension.
3. I think that the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulls might have had in mind because he was the creator of brinkmanship, therefore he had a belief in nuclear weapon stockpiles.
4. The Soviet cartoon is saying that the US is spying on the USSR with the use of U-2 planes.
5. The USSR was angry about the US spy flights because they were negotiating with the US, and they thought of their spying as a sign of distrust and betrayal.
6. The US could've justified the violation of Soviet territory by the use of U-2 planes by saying they were spying to make sure the USSR wasn't stockpiling weapons of mass destruction against the US, yet the USSR could still look at that as a sign of distrust.
7. I think that if the USSR had U-2 planes they would use them because it would have been much more sufficient than using human spies.
8. I think that the US had missiles based in Europe in order to attack the USSR quicker than if they launched them from the US itself.
9. Nuclear deterrent is when you stockpile nuclear weapons to appease your enemy.
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