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Vietnam - Escalation Part 1
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- 1What's the key stat with Rolling Thunder?More bombs dropped than during WWII
- 2What did the arrival of ground troops and beginning of Rolling Thunder in 1965 signify?America was fatally committed to a quagmire war from which there was no easy escape
- 3When was the White Paper?February 1965
- 4What did the 1965 White Paper do?Painted the north as the enemy. Wasn't just a southern rebellion
- 5What was the important NSAM in 1965?NSAM 328
- 6What did NSAM 328 permit?More active use of US troops
- 7When two tactics were introduced to combat the NLF?Search and Destroy, and Free Fire Zones
- 8What is the statistic on Search and Destroy?Only one in a hundred made contact with the enemy
- 9Who's got the good quote on Search and Destroy? What does he say?Spencer Tucker - Safest place was inside Search and Destroy
- 10What did LBJ want to concentrate on as President?Great Society
- 11What was LBJs shortcomings?Not great at IR and a bit of a racist
- 12What was the Busch quote about LBJ's choices?Deepening US involvement left LBJ with the choice of humiliating defeat or disastrous escalation in 1965
- 13Which of Johnson's advisor's were pro-war?McNamara and Bundy
- 14Which of Johnson's advisor's were anti war?Ball and Fullbright
- 15What was the first Vietnam NSAM of Johnson's?NSAM 273
- 16When was NSAM 273?26th November 1963
- 17What did NSAM 273 call for?Withdrawal by 1965, escalation of assistance to Vietnam, covert action
- 18What and when was the major incident...?Gulf of Tonkin Attacks, August 1964
- 19Why was Gulf of Tonkin controversial?It may not have happened
- 20What did the Gulf of Tonkin attacks lead to? When was this?Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 7th August 1964
- 21What did the Gulf of Tonkin resolution give the President?all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the armed forces of the US and to prevent further aggression
- 22What and when was the events which McNamara dubbed 'the two fateful decisions'Early 1965 - Bombing of North and deploying ground troops
- 23When did Rolling Thunder start?March 1965
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