John foster dulles is most closely associated with the? :
a. policy of mutually assured destruction.
b. flexible response policy.
c. strategic defense initiative.
d. zero option policy. e. policy of massive retaliation.

John Foster Dulles is closely associated with the policy of mutually assured destruction. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "a". It is actually a national security policy involving the military doctrine of full scale use of nuclear weapons by the attacker as well as the defender, resulting in mutual destruction.