esclation in vietnam post 64 election

Question 1

what are the 6 causes of esclation

Answer 1

LBJs beliefs
rejection of deplomacy
weak siagon gov
working group on vietnam
communist agression
popular support

Question 2

what were some of the key beliefs of LBJ

Answer 2

patriotic
domino theory
us ecnomic and military strength

Question 3

in relation to LBJs beliefs what 3 things must be considered

Answer 3

cold war context/containment
quagmire theory
world policeman role

Question 4

who offered depolatic soulutions for the us and why were they turned down

Answer 4

canada, UN genral
congressional mandate/belief in us strength

Question 5

what diplomatic soultion did N.veitnam offer the us and why was it rejected

Answer 5

4 point plan
acceptance would lead to a united communits veitnam

Question 6

give a stat to show weakness of siagon gov

Answer 6

6 leaders in 8 years

Question 7

how long was genral minh leader of siagon gov for

Answer 7

3 month
nov 63-jan64

Question 8

when was the working goup on veitnam established

Answer 8

jan 65

Question 9

who was part of the working group on vietnam

Answer 9

william bundy
JCS
john mcnaughton

Question 10

what did the working group on vietnam suggest

Answer 10

suggested and supported LBJ to esclate

Question 11

give 2 examples of communist agression

Answer 11

christmas attack on bar
feb 65 vc attack army barracks + us helicopter base in pleiku killing 8 us officers

Question 12

for esclation what does congress approve in may 65

Answer 12

$700mill for military opperations
aproved 88 to 3

Question 13

in what way did the media support esclation in veitnam

Answer 13

jeornalists were mainly hawks

Question 14

give an example of how the media didnt support esclation

Answer 14

NY times feb 65 said the war was ‘undeclared and unexplained’

Question 15

in what way did the public support esclation

Answer 15

67% apreicans approved opperation rolling thinder

Question 16

in what 2 ways did johnson esclate the war

Answer 16

bombing
troops

Question 17

what was the name of the bombing opperation in vietnam

Answer 17

opperation rolling thunder

Question 18

when was opperation rolling thunder

Answer 18

febuary 1965

Question 19

what was teh cause of opperation roling thunder

Answer 19

reasuring s.v
pressure from us public
encorage n.v to negotiate
partial responce to n.v agression

Question 20

why did the us not use nuclear bombs

Answer 20

didnt want to prevoke ussr/china

Question 21

what was operation rolling thunder

Answer 21

systematic campaign of bombing raids to disrupt supplies to vc and demorolise nv

Question 22

what and how many bombs were used in opration rolling thunder

Answer 22

B52 bombers with 30 tonnes of bombs

Question 23

when did operation rolling thunder end

Answer 23

1968

Question 24

how many tonnes of bombs were dropped by 1967

Answer 24

226,000

Question 25

what was the consiquence of ORT

Answer 25

nv turned against us esclation didnt target ho chi minh trail

Question 26

when was the deployment of ground troops in vietnam authorised

Answer 26

march 1965

Question 27

how many troops were delopyed march 8th 1965

Answer 27

3500 marines

Question 28

for ground troops what was approved 6th april 1965

Answer 28

increase of 18,000 us support forces

Question 29

when did congress aprove $700 mill for spending in vietnam

Answer 29

may 65

Question 30

how did the number of troops increase from july 65 to 68

Answer 30

125,000 536,000

Question 31

what battle was a turning point in the veit war

Answer 31

battle of la drang valley nov 65

Question 32

why was battle of la drang valley a turning point

Answer 32

1st major conflict between us and nv forces and a return to convential warfair

Question 33

who won battle of la drang valley and what did that lead us genrals to declare

Answer 33

us they were on the verge of victory

Question 34

what was the result of battle of la drang valley on nv

Answer 34

PAVN held their ground changes to gurilla tactics

Question 35

what were the strengths of the us

Answer 35

ecnomic capacity bombing serch and destroy

Question 36

how was the us ecnomic capacity a strength

Answer 36

us forces had lots of modern supplies construction of airfeild for deliveries w/o ambushes

Question 37

explain some points on why bombing was a strength of the us

Answer 37

opperation rolling thunder defoliants anit personell bombs -scale signifies the strength and relentlessness of us attacks

Question 38

give a stat for the number of bombs dropped during the veitnam war

Answer 38

more than ww2

Question 39

when was search and detroy used

Answer 39

65-68

Question 40

what was serch and detroy ig v reality

Answer 40

intent to find and destroy enemies in rural villages in the jungle ended up killing civilians and detroying crops and live stock

Question 41

what were the weaknesses of the us

Answer 41

south veitnamese army media opposition

Question 42

why was the south v army a weakness for the us

Answer 42

they were largely uncommitted and not well trained

Question 43

what were the 2 parts of media opposition

Answer 43

civil rights campaignes andi war demonstrations

Question 44

give an example of the media opposition from civil rights comapigners

Answer 44

MLK- april 67 questioned the valididty of war

Question 45

give an example of an anit war demonstraition

Answer 45

oct 67 washington dc 100,000+

Question 46

what were the strengths of the VC

Answer 46

peasent support gurilla tactics ho chi minh trail

Question 47

how were the vc gurilla tactics a strength

Answer 47

undermined us tactics using booby traps like wire traps

Question 48

how was the ho chimin trail a strenght of the vc

Answer 48

crcicial for men and equipment and never destroyed by us

Question 49

what were the weaknesses of the vc

Answer 49

dependancy on china and ussr uncertain support from peasents

Question 50

when and how much did china support NV

Answer 50

dec 64 agreed to support 64 gave 80,000 guns

Question 51

what did the ussr supply nv

Answer 51

surface to aair missiles MIG-21 jets artilery systems

Question 52

give an example of uncertain peasent support

Answer 52

planned uprising during tet offenceive never materialised