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| Question | Answer |
| What's the key stat with Rolling Thunder? | More bombs dropped than during WWII |
| What 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 |
| When was the White Paper? | February 1965 |
| What did the 1965 White Paper do? | Painted the north as the enemy. Wasn't just a southern rebellion |
| What was the important NSAM in 1965? | NSAM 328 |
| What did NSAM 328 permit? | More active use of US troops |
| When two tactics were introduced to combat the NLF? | Search and Destroy, and Free Fire Zones |
| What is the statistic on Search and Destroy? | Only one in a hundred made contact with the enemy |
| Who's got the good quote on Search and Destroy? What does he say? | Spencer Tucker - Safest place was inside Search and Destroy |
| What did LBJ want to concentrate on as President? | Great Society |
| What was LBJs shortcomings? | Not great at IR and a bit of a racist |
| What was the Busch quote about LBJ's choices? | Deepening US involvement left LBJ with the choice of humiliating defeat or disastrous escalation in 1965 |
| Which of Johnson's advisor's were pro-war? | McNamara and Bundy |
| Which of Johnson's advisor's were anti war? | Ball and Fullbright |
| What was the first Vietnam NSAM of Johnson's? | NSAM 273 |
| When was NSAM 273? | 26th November 1963 |
| What did NSAM 273 call for? | Withdrawal by 1965, escalation of assistance to Vietnam, covert action |
| What and when was the major incident...? | Gulf of Tonkin Attacks, August 1964 |
| Why was Gulf of Tonkin controversial? | It may not have happened |
| What did the Gulf of Tonkin attacks lead to? When was this? | Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 7th August 1964 |
| What 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 |
| What and when was the events which McNamara dubbed 'the two fateful decisions' | Early 1965 - Bombing of North and deploying ground troops |
| When did Rolling Thunder start? | March 1965 |
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