Difference between revisions of "Rollback"
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The U.S. practiced rollback against the [[Confederate States of America]] (1865) and [[Third Reich|Germany]] and [[Japan]] in [[World War II]]. | The U.S. practiced rollback against the [[Confederate States of America]] (1865) and [[Third Reich|Germany]] and [[Japan]] in [[World War II]]. | ||
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| + | Rollback became an important policy advocated by [[John Foster Dullas]] and [[Allen Dullas]] in the immediate post-[[World War II]] era - to rollback the "captive nations" absorbed into the [[Warsaw Pact|Soviet bloc]] as a result of [[Red Army]] gains in the destruction of the [[Third Reich]]. Those nations were [[East Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Yugoslavia]], and the [[Baltic States]]. | ||
The U.S. tried and failed rollback against [[North Korea]] in 1950 during the [[Korean War]], and against [[Cuba]] in the [[Bay of Pigs]] in 1961. | The U.S. tried and failed rollback against [[North Korea]] in 1950 during the [[Korean War]], and against [[Cuba]] in the [[Bay of Pigs]] in 1961. | ||
It succeeded with Noriega in [[Panama]] (1989), Grenada (1983), the [[Taliban]] in [[Afghanistan]] (2001), [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Iraq]] (2003)--and most importantly, against the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1980s. | It succeeded with Noriega in [[Panama]] (1989), Grenada (1983), the [[Taliban]] in [[Afghanistan]] (2001), [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Iraq]] (2003)--and most importantly, against the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1980s. | ||
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| + | Rollback is the basis of [[NATO]] aggression in the [[Donbas war]] after the [[Crimean Annexation]] by the [[Russian Federation]] in 2014. | ||
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Revision as of 20:36, May 16, 2022
Rollback is the strategy to win a war by destroying the enemy country or replacing it with a favorable regime.
The U.S. practiced rollback against the Confederate States of America (1865) and Germany and Japan in World War II.
Rollback became an important policy advocated by John Foster Dullas and Allen Dullas in the immediate post-World War II era - to rollback the "captive nations" absorbed into the Soviet bloc as a result of Red Army gains in the destruction of the Third Reich. Those nations were East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and the Baltic States.
The U.S. tried and failed rollback against North Korea in 1950 during the Korean War, and against Cuba in the Bay of Pigs in 1961.
It succeeded with Noriega in Panama (1989), Grenada (1983), the Taliban in Afghanistan (2001), Saddam Hussein in Iraq (2003)--and most importantly, against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Rollback is the basis of NATO aggression in the Donbas war after the Crimean Annexation by the Russian Federation in 2014.