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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. How did Lyndon Johnson want to be remembered, in Halberstam's account?
(a) As an expert.
(b) As an achiever.
(c) As a diplomat.
(d) As a force for peace.

2. What does Halberstam say happened when control shifted out of Taylor's hands in March and April 1965?
(a) Reports began to reduce estimations of Vietcong troop strength.
(b) Reports began to describe American troops' atrocities.
(c) Reports began to be issued with greater frequency.
(d) Reports began to be closer to actual realities.

3. What plan was the U.S. government following by the end of 1964?
(a) Restrict operations to bombing missions.
(b) Expand the pacification program.
(c) Pour as many resources as necessary into Vietnam.
(d) Limit bombing but increase troops on the ground.

4. What does Halberstam say was the beginning of the 'credibility gap'?
(a) When the government's figures were revised to protect Johnson's Great Society program.
(b) When the media began to exploit photographs to build opposition to the war.
(c) When U.S. deaths in Vietnam were withheld.
(d) When the military gave the government falsified reports on progress in Vietnam.

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of Johnson's method of planning for the war?
(a) He often took the most effective actions.
(b) He missed opportunities to let his generals take actions that might have been decisive.
(c) He was compelled to water down his plans to accommodate his advisers' pet projects.
(d) He never raised taxes to pay for the war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What feeling does Halberstam say Americans were feeling as the war went on and on?

3. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?

4. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?

5. What did Hanoi do in response to U.S. war games in the South?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Halberstam say became clear to the American government after Diem's death?

2. What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

3. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

4. What did the Johnson administration tell America as it committed more troops to Vietnam?

5. What were the questions people were asking on the issue of bombing the North?

6. What was President Johnson's position regarding Vietnam in the early days of his presidency?

7. What program did Maxwell Taylor call for in the paper he wrote on his way back from Vietnam?

8. What was Rolling Thunder and what was its purpose?

9. Describe what Halberstam calls 'the Bundy trip' to Vietnam.

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

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