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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 does Halberstam say was the military's opinion after the start of Rolling Thunder?
(a) The military thought the war would last six months.
(b) The military predicted a war of attrition.
(c) The military wanted to keep experimenting with saturation bombing techniques.
(d) The military expected the campaign to bring victory in 3-5 years.

2. What was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?
(a) The accuracy of bleak military reports.
(b) The patience of the American electorate.
(c) Diem's trustworthiness.
(d) The capacity for victory in a guerilla war.

3. Who was the only administration insider arguing against escalation?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) Maxwell Taylor.
(d) George Ball.

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

5. When did the Spring offensive start in Vietnam?
(a) March 1963.
(b) April 1964.
(c) May 1965.
(d) June 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say happened when control shifted out of Taylor's hands in March and April 1965?

2. When did Khanh overthrow the generals in Vietnam?

3. When does Halberstam say that McNamara realized he had been misled about the conditions in Vietnam?

4. How does Halberstam define the flash point?

5. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Halberstam say the effect of the Vietnam war on the American people was?

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

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

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

5. What does Halberstam say McNamara found in Vietnam when the Johnson administration took over?

6. How did the reality of the war become public information?

7. What does Halberstam say happened when Westmoreland assumed control?

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

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

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

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