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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor had in Vietnam?
(a) Taylor could not understand how the Vietcong withstood the bombings.
(b) Taylor could not control things like he had elsewhere.
(c) Taylor could not convince his superiors that conditions were bad.
(d) Taylor could not get honest reporting.

2. Who does Halberstam say eventually took on the role of setting the tone for Vietnam policy?
(a) Rusk.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Harriman.
(d) Bundy.

3. What kind of problem does Halberstam say the cost of the war caused for the Johnson administration?
(a) Disclosure problems.
(b) Budget problems.
(c) Public relations problems.
(d) Moral problems.

4. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Spring Offensive?
(a) General Westmoreland raised troop levels to 200,000.
(b) American troop levels were reduced to 20,000.
(c) The military employed more bombers.
(d) General Harkin withdrew from his post.

5. When does Halberstam say that McNamara realized he had been misled about the conditions in Vietnam?
(a) In his March 1964 trip to Vietnam.
(b) In his December 1963 trip to Vietnam.
(c) When he read the military reports in December 1963.
(d) When he received envoys from Vietnam in March of 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Spring offensive start in Vietnam?

2. What does Halberstam say was the beginning of the 'credibility gap'?

3. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?

4. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?

5. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was President Johnson's position with regard to bombing?

2. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup?

3. What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

4. What was Dean Rusk's role in Vietnam after Kennedy's assassination?

5. What issues were discussed as there started to be struggles over Vietnam strategy in mid-1965?

6. What was the result of the first direct confrontation with Vietcong and American troops?

7. What was the public story of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and what was the truth?

8. Who expressed doubt about the Vietnam war, and what happened to their opposition?

9. What was the military's position on bombing North Vietnam?

10. What was the intelligence community's assessment of Rolling Thunder?

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