Deck 10: Kennedy McNamara and Artificial Limited War 1961-1963

Question 1

The United States chose which military strategy for the Vietnam War?

A) Annihilation
B) Attrition
C) Exhaustion
D) Sustainment

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Who was not a major contributor to the North Vietnamese war effort?

A) Ho Chi Minh
B) Mao Tse Tung
C) Vo Nguyen Giap
D) Chong Lee

Answer 2

D

Question 3

America had a long commitment to Indo-China prior to the Vietnam War.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The communist insurgency started in South Vietnam in the:

A) early 1950s (1950-1955)
B) late 1950s (1955-1960)
C) early 1960s (1960-1965)
D) late 1960s (1965-1970)

Question 5

Acting on what they believed was American approval, South Vietnamese generals assassinated their own president.

Question 6

What initial event, which remains shrouded in confusion, caused President Johnson to retaliate with air strikes?

A) Battle of Ho Chi Minh Trail
B) Assassination of President Diem
C) Assassination of Henry Cabot Lodge
D) Gulf of Tonkin incident

Question 7

Airpower was supposed to generate the decisive combat power necessary to destroy the will of the NV communists to continue the war in the South.

Question 8

Which U.S. operation from 2 March 1965 until 31 October 1968 was supposed to achieve American objectives in Vietnam by using airpower?

A) Operation Rolling Thunder
B) Operation Monsoon
C) Operation Elephant Fall
D) Operation Parabola

Question 9

The White House closely monitored the air war out of fear that which country would join the war?

A) France
B) Laos
C) China
D) None of the above

Question 10

Which war is considered the first to have a ""modern"" air war?

A) World War II
B) Korea
C) Vietnam
D) Persian Gulf I

Question 11

The quality of air support provided by the Air Force in Vietnam was vastly superior to that shown in Korea.

Question 12

American troops were originally deployed to Vietnam in 1965 to provide additional offensive capabilities.

Question 13

In Vietnam the Army and Marine Corps shared the same strategic vision.