So I believe in a world in which the United States is powerful. I think it will be a safer
world and better world if we have a strong, healthy United States, Europe, Soviet
Union, China, Japan, each balancing the other, not playing one against the other, an
even balance.
--President Richard Nixon, January 3, 1972
In this excerpt, President Nixon is describing the policy of -
Normalization
Containment
Flexible Response
Brinkmanship
