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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
(a) He turned a blind eye to it.
(b) He opposed it.
(c) He endorsed it.
(d) He proposed it.

2. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?
(a) Chester Bowles'.
(b) Robert McNamara's.
(c) McGeorge Bundy's.
(d) George Kennan's.

3. What does Halberstam say McNamara learned that he had to do in order to argue against nuclear weapons?
(a) Demonize his opponents.
(b) Make emotional appeals to the electorate.
(c) Make a good argument for conventional weapons.
(d) Discredit military analysts in favor of nuclear weapons.

4. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1931.
(b) Since 1954.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1941.

5. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(b) He had a contentious relationship with the press.
(c) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(d) He had the support of most of the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

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

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

4. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

5. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?

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