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Rollback (other)
Rollback, in political science, is the strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state. Rollback or roll back may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Rollback (novel), ''Rollback'' (novel), by Robert J. Sawyer, 2007 * ''Roll Back'', a 2004 album by Horslips Science and technology * Rollback (data management), the operation of returning a database to some previous state ** Rollback, in transaction processing#Rollback, transaction processing * Trench rollback, a geology term * Rollback, a term used in Netcode#Rollback, Netcode Other uses * Rollback (legislation), to repeal or reduce the effects of a specific law or regulation * Rollback (roller coaster), when a roller coaster is not launched fast enough * Rollback, the civil service salary reductions for constitutional deference known as a Saxbe fix * Rollback, a form of flatbed tow truck See also * Roll Back Malaria Partnership, at one time chaired by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus * Rollback attack, a form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollback
In political science, rollback is the strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment, which means preventing the expansion of that state; and with détente, which means developing a working relationship with that state. Most of the discussions of rollback in the scholarly literature deal with United States foreign policy toward communist countries during the Cold War. The rollback strategy was tried and was not successful in Korea in 1950 and in Cuba in 1961, but it was successful in Grenada in 1983. The United States discussed the use of rollback during the East German uprising of 1953 and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which were ultimately crushed by the Soviet Army, but decided against it to avoid the risk of a major war. Rollback of governments hostile to the U.S. took place during World War II (against Fascist Italy in 1943, Nazi Germany in 1945, and Imperial Japan in 1945), Afgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
