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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. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?
2. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
3. What had McNamara done by the time he took over as Secretary of Defense?
4. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?
5. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Halberstam say Kennedy was confronted with at the beginning of "The Best and the Brightest"?
2. Who was Frederick Nolting, and what was his role in Vietnam?
3. Who was Robert A. Lovett, and what does Halberstam say he signified for Kennedy?
4. How did the meeting between Lovett and Kennedy play in the press?
5. What were Americans beginning to say with regard to Diem after the Buddhist monk problems began?
6. What does Halberstam say was McNamara's relationship with Kennedy?
7. What does Halberstam say was Robert McNamara's background before becoming Secretary of Defense?
8. Why did Diem and the U.S. end up working together?
9. How did the situation in Vietnam unfold?
10. What did Lovett and Kennedy discuss during their meeting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Compare and contrast the strategies of Robert McNamara and General Westmoreland for bombing and search-and-destroy missions. What were the costs and benefits of either approach to the war against the Vietcong? Were they complementary, or did they work at cross-purposes?
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