Chapter 15 Self Quiz

From the Top of the World to a Quagmire, 1953-1975

. Which of these fought the US in the Vietnam War?

. In the 1950s, the US tradition of peacetime reduction of armed forces was ________.

. In the early 1960s the army numbered about ________ million.

. Direct US involvement in Vietnam came in the form of ________.

. The Eisenhower Doctrine is a(n) ________ of the Truman Doctrine.

. In hindsight, Eisenhower's predictions about the military-industrial complex appear ________.

. Kennedy's policy of deterrence was a ________ of his predecessors' policies.

. Which of these was indicated by US and Soviet responses to the missile crisis?

. Throughout the Vietnam War US military leaders ________ the military abilities of the Vietnamese.

. Which of these immediately followed John F. Kennedy in office?

. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution had the effect on Johnson of ________ in the Vietnam conflict.

. Johnson's commitment to the Vietnam War was based on his belief in ________.

. The use of chemical agents ultimately stripped an area the size of ________ of vegetation in the Vietnamese countryside.

. The North Vietnamese had the advantage of being supplied by ________.

. By 1968 American support for the Vietnam War was ________.

. Which of these best characterizes the impact of the Tet Offensive?

. Peace talks to end the Vietnam War begin in May ________.

. Episodes of fragging in the Vietnam War indicated ________.

. The Winter Soldier hearings focused on which of these?

. When did the US remove its last combat forces from Vietnam?

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