Truman Contradicts The Aggressive Nature Of Nsc-68

In 1950, the U.S. government outlined their foreign policy and military objectives regarding the cold war in a memorandum called NSC-68. NSC-68 contradicts Truman’s containment plan as it explains that “it is necessary to have a the military power to deter and to defeat aggressive Soviet or Soviet-directed actions of a limited or total character” (219). Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb exposes the aggressive nature of NSC-68 and its potential consequences by making connections to the holocaust. In Dr. Strangelove President Muffley represents the values Truman’s containment policy and General Turgidson represents the values of NSC-68. Turgidson is in support of General Ripper’s unprovoked attack against