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| Question | Answer |
| What was the increase in defence spending with NSC68? | $14bil to $44bil |
| What happened in April 1961? | Bay of Pigs |
| When was the Bay of Pigs? | April 1961 |
| What did the Bay of Pigs make JFK look? | Weak |
| When was the Taylor Rostow report? | November 1961 |
| What did the Taylor Rostow report call for? | Better ARVN training Helicopters Bombing of the North COIN |
| What caused the Buddhist revolt? | South fed up with Diem |
| When was the Krulak/Medenhall report? | September 1963 |
| What was the outcome of the Krulak/Medenhall report? | Opposite findings |
| When was the McNamara Taylor report? | September 1963 |
| What did the McNamara Taylor report suggest? | Linking aid to reforms |
| When was NSAM 263? | November 1963 |
| What did NSAM 263 outline? | Withdrawal of US personnel by 1965 |
| When was Diem assassinated? | 2nd November 1963 |
| When was JFK assassinated? | 22nd November 1963 |
| How many US soldiers were in Vietnam at the time of JFKs death? | 16,800? |
| What was the name of US's CW response concept under Kennedy? | Flexible Response |
| When was Flexible Response introduced? | 1961? |
| What does Flexible Response enable? | The US to respond to aggression across the spectrum of conflict |
| Who championed the Domino Theory? | Eisenhower |
| What % of the country did the NLF control by 1961? | 85% |
| When was NSAM 111? | Nov 1961 |
| What did NSAM 111 outline | Advisors for military Military equipment Political advisors Last chance for Vietnam to win war themselves |
| When was the Buddhist revolt | May 1963 |
| When were the Geneva Accords? | 1954 |
| What parallel was Vietnam split on in 1954? | 17th parallel |
| What had South Vietnam become by 1956? | A corrupt despotism |
| What had North Vietnam become by 1956? | A totalitarian communist state |
| What was keeping communism in place? | Containment |
| Who is the father of containment? | George Kennan |
| What else contained Communism as well as Containment? | Marshall Plan and NATO |
| Which NSC outlined containment? | NSC68 |
| When was NSC68? | April 1950 |
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