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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 problem does Halberstam say McNamara discovered in Vietnam?

2. How did McNamara's position on bombing change over time?

3. What kind of problem does Halberstam say the cost of the war caused for the Johnson administration?

4. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

5. What does Halberstam say the military had been telling President Johnson when he sent an investigative team to Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does the containment of the 1960s differ from the preemptive foreign policy of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. How has American foreign policy changed since the 1960s?

Essay Topic 3

Analyzing the evidence from Halberstam's text, describe the change that took place in American minds as a result of the Vietnam War. Put another way: Compare and contrast the administrations that preceded Kennedy's administration, and the Nixon administration, which followed the Johnson administration. How does Halberstam describe the different cultures that existed before and after the Vietnam war?

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