NSC-68

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Cold War policy document United States national security policy paper

NSC-68 was a pivotal 1950 U.S. national security policy paper that called for a massive military buildup and global containment strategy against Soviet expansion during the early Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
NSC-68 canonical 4
NSC 162/2 1
NSC 68 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War policy document ⓘ
United States national security policy paper ⓘ
advocates global rather than regional containment ⓘ
approvedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
approvedByBody National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States National Security Council
archivedAt Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
associatedWithPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
callsFor development and maintenance of nuclear superiority ⓘ
large increase in defense spending ⓘ
massive peacetime military buildup ⓘ
mobilization of U.S. economy for defense ⓘ
psychological and political warfare measures ⓘ
strengthening of alliances ⓘ
characterizesUSSRAs expansionist power ⓘ
ideological threat to the United States ⓘ
classifiedStatus Top Secret (at time of adoption) ⓘ
commissionedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateCompleted 1950-04-07 ⓘ
declassified 1975 ⓘ
differsFrom George F. Kennan’s limited containment approach ⓘ
documentNumber NSC-68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NSC 68
draftedBy National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States National Security Council
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Executive branch of the United States
historicalSignificance foundation of U.S. high Cold War militarization ⓘ
ideologicalFraming struggle between freedom and slavery ⓘ
influenced Korean War military buildup ⓘ
U.S. defense spending in the 1950s ⓘ
United States Cold War strategy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
opposedBy some contemporary budget-conscious officials ⓘ
policyFocus Cold War military strategy ⓘ
containment of the Soviet Union ⓘ
global containment strategy ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
policyType grand strategy document ⓘ
predecessor George F. Kennan’s containment concept ⓘ
principalAuthor Paul Nitze ⓘ
producedFor President of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States President
regionOfImpact global ⓘ
relatedTo Truman Doctrine ⓘ
surface form: United States containment policy

United States nuclear strategy ⓘ
arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ
securityContext perceived Soviet atomic capability ⓘ
post–World War II power vacuum ⓘ
subjectOf historical analyses of U.S. Cold War policy ⓘ
title NSC-68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
usedAsJustificationFor long-term high U.S. defense expenditures ⓘ
year 1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Truman Doctrine → relatedTo → NSC-68 ⓘ
containment → codifiedIn → NSC-68 ⓘ
subject surface form: Containment
Cold War → hasKeyDocument → NSC-68 ⓘ
NSC-68 → title → NSC-68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
NSC-68 → documentNumber → NSC-68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NSC 68
Long Telegram → followedBy → NSC-68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”
New Look defense policy → relatedDocument → NSC-68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: NSC 162/2
New Look defense policy → relatedDocument → NSC-68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: NSC 68 (as predecessor for containment framework)
Paul Nitze → notableWork → NSC-68 ⓘ