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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?
(a) The escalation of the Cold War and the fall of China.
(b) The tension over civil rights in America.
(c) The revolution in Cuba.
(d) The agitation of labor unions in America and Europe.

2. What kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?
(a) Highly detailed reports.
(b) Unrealistic reports.
(c) Reports that were imperial propaganda.
(d) Pragmatic and diplomatic reports.

3. Where does Halberstam say McNamara found people to work under him as Secretary of Defense?
(a) England.
(b) Academia.
(c) The auto industry.
(d) Boeing.

4. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
(a) As a diversion from domestic problems.
(b) As a war against Communism.
(c) As a boon to the military contractors.
(d) As a gift to Asian allies.

5. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?
(a) He saw Adlai Stevenson as lazy.
(b) He saw Adlai Stevenson as indecisive.
(c) He saw Adlai Stevenson as principled.
(d) He saw Adlai Stevenson as an ideologue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?

2. What was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?

3. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?

4. Where was the war going badly, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem?

5. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

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