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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 is Robert Komer's nickname, given to him by Cabot Lodge, Jr.?
2. In what year does John Paul Vann, Ramsey, and a few others send a new strategic proposal to Washington, DC?
3. In 1966, John Paul Vann begins an affair with a 17-year-old virgin girl. What was her name?
4. In what year does Cabot Lodge, Jr., arrive in Vietnam?
5. What does John Paul Vann find out about the numbers of the Regional Forces in Hau Nghia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were some of John Paul Vann's assigned duties upon his return to Vietnam?
2. Following the inconclusive, but embarrassing, result of Ap Bac, General Huynh Van Cao launched a dummy attack on the same location. Why did he do this? What was the result?
3. What did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?
4. Where did the Vann family live during John Paul Vann's childhood?
5. What did this situation make John Paul Vann realize?
6. How did John Paul Vann react to the ARVN "victory" at Ap Bac? How did General Harkins accept John Paul Vann's assessment?
7. In 1963, President Diem set off what was known as the "Buddhist Crisis". What was this and what was the eventual result of it?
8. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?
9. What do we know about John Paul Vann's lineage?
10. One of the unique features of the Vietnam War was the war correspondent (a special type of journalist) that went to the war zone and reported on what was happening there. How did this affect how the U.S. military commanders conducted the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Khe Sanh was mentioned in the text as one of the so-called "Hill Fights". First, what did the term "Hill Fights" refer to? Second, why was there a great deal of media attention placed on the plight of the marines stationed at Khe Sanh? What was the symbolic significance of this battle and how was the outcome portrayed by the American media and the Vietcong propaganda machine?
Essay Topic 2
Besides the Battle of Ap Bac, the text cites the Tet Offensives of 1968 as a significant point in the Vietnam War. Please explain the following: What were the Tet Offensives? Why were they reported as successful? In what way did the Vietcong's attack plan change from their overall strategy for the war? Do you think this gamble paid off for the VC military commanders? How were these attacks reported by the American media?
Essay Topic 3
What was the U.S. military's rationale for the burning of villages policy enacted in August, 1965? Given his strong desire to defeat the Vietcong, why did John Paul Vann disassociate himself from the practice in a very vocal way? Did John Paul Vann believe that the U.S. marines could have pursued a better course of action? If so, what was it?
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