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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?
2. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
3. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
4. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?
5. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Lovett and Kennedy discuss during their meeting?
2. What kind of reports does Halberstam say the U.S. got from Vietnam?
3. How did the situation in Vietnam unfold?
4. Describe Vietnam's problems with the Buddhist monks.
5. How did the fall of China and the Cold War affect the Kennedy administration?
6. What does Halberstam say was Robert McNamara's background before becoming Secretary of Defense?
7. How did the White House eventually try to limit the military?
8. Why didn't the U.S. gain the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasants?
9. What three plans does Halberstam say the U.S. was considering in Vietnam in 1961?
10. What does Halberstam say Kennedy was confronted with at the beginning of "The Best and the Brightest"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What lessons did the U.S. learn from the Bay of Pigs invasion, and how were these lessons visible in the planning for military campaigns in Vietnam? Did the Bay of Pigs invasion sour the U.S. war planners on relying on local forces? Did it foster the argument for bombing instead of troops on the ground?
Essay Topic 2
Using evidence from Halberstam's text, describe how the Vietnam War affected America's relationship with the community of nations--particularly China and Russia, its Communist foes. What did the Vietnam war do for American interests abroad? How did it affect America's reputation and image?
Essay Topic 3
Judging by what you know of contemporary culture, what lessons has America learned about domestic policies and politics after the Vietnam era? What has changed in how the government works, in how it funds wars, and in how it relates to internal opposition?
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