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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - Epilogue - Final Word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Halberstam say was the result of Johnson's method of planning for the war?
(a) He was compelled to water down his plans to accommodate his advisers' pet projects.
(b) He never raised taxes to pay for the war.
(c) He missed opportunities to let his generals take actions that might have been decisive.
(d) He often took the most effective actions.
2. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) There were too many crises at once.
(b) It was grounded in academic theory.
(c) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.
(d) It did not have real-world experience.
3. What does Halberstam say the military had been telling President Johnson when he sent an investigative team to Vietnam?
(a) They had been telling him that conditions were improving.
(b) They had been telling him to bomb.
(c) They had been telling him to send more troops.
(d) They had been telling him to withdraw.
4. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?
(a) There was no post-war plan to prevent them.
(b) He needed France for its support of American monetary policy.
(c) He did not have the authority to.
(d) He could not get a censure from the United Nations.
5. In what way does Halberstam say that Lyndon Johnson resembled Kennedy in his management style?
(a) Johnson did not seek a wide variety of opinions.
(b) Johnson used a cabinet of enemies.
(c) Johnson sought out expert opinions beyond his cabinet.
(d) Johnson trusted the military's reports.
Short Answer Questions
1. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?
2. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?
3. When does Halberstam say that McNamara realized he had been misled about the conditions in Vietnam?
4. Why does Halberstam say Harkins had a hard time firing one of his people in the Mekong Delta?
5. What kind of problem does Halberstam say the cost of the war caused for the Johnson administration?
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