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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to balance the budget.
(b) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(c) How to go about fighting Communism.
(d) How to establish peace.

2. Who does Halberstam say was especially vocal in calling for a change in U.S. Vietnam policy?
(a) Maxwell Taylor.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) General Westmoreland.

3. What had McNamara done by the time he took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) Consulted with Kennedy about his goals and methods.
(b) Reviewed American foreign policy.
(c) Instituted successful reforms at Ford.
(d) Studied and identified the problems at the Pentagon.

4. Where was the war going badly, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem?
(a) Around Saigon.
(b) In Quang Nam.
(c) In Pleiku.
(d) In the Mekong Delta.

5. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?
(a) A stable government in the South.
(b) Success in the Mekong delta.
(c) Success around Saigon.
(d) Bipartisan support.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?

2. What does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor discovered was true about Khanh?

3. Where does Halberstam say McNamara found people to work under him as Secretary of Defense?

4. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?

5. What were people calling for by Thanksgiving 1964, in Halberstam's account?

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