During the Eisenhower presidency, disarmament was set back for years after
a. the Soviet Union installed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba.
b. Eisenhower committed 500,000 American troops to Vietnam.
c. the United States refused to apologize for the use of U-2 spy planes.
d. the Soviet Union was left out of the Warsaw Pact.
ANS: c
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