Stats + Quotes

Question 1

first aid package when, how much worth

Answer 1

1955, $320 military support, technicians + weaponry (from US to South Vietnam)

Question 2

Karnow, on consequences of Geneva for Vitet

Answer 2

“lost more in negotiations than they had gained in combat”

Question 3

popularity of Diem’s regime in South by 1954 - opposed by who (not stat)

Answer 3

“opposed by virtually all sections of South Vietnam society” - Wood

Question 4

agroville program consequences social quote

Answer 4

“unleashed social discontent and created… enemies” - Kolko

Question 5

economic growth rate of Nth by 1960 (NOT a stat)

Answer 5

highest economic growth rate of any country by 1960

Question 6

south inequality in society (land ownership)

Answer 6

2.5% of landowners owned 50% of all arable land to 1955

Question 7

% countryside controlled by NLF in Sth when

Answer 7

NLF controlled 80% of countryside by 1961

Question 8

how much was Kennedy in favour of containment

Answer 8

“fully subscribed to… containment” - Karnow

Question 9

What price to assure liberty?

Answer 9

“We shall pay any price… to assure… liberty” - Kennedy, inauguration speech 1961

Question 10

aim of america in vietnam under eisenhower and jfk (not containment). Determined to…

Answer 10

“determined to restore its prestige”- karnow

Question 11

LBJ, on losing a war against communists

Answer 11

“Nothing would be worse”

Question 12

eisenhower’s characterisation of the domino theory + m/y

Answer 12

“like a set of dominoes”, Eisen April 1954

Question 13

how many US military + political advisors in SV by 1962?

Answer 13

January 1962, there were 4000 US advisers in RVN

Question 14

roots of vietnam war?

Answer 14

“The real roots… lie in the policies the Eisenhower administration adopted towards Southeast Asia after 1954” - David Kaiser

Question 15

LBJ characterisation of Vietnam (very nice)

Answer 15

“damn little pissant country”

Question 16

escalation of combat troop amount from end 65-68

Answer 16

End of 1965: 200 000 US combat troops @ Vietnam –> 1968: 550 000 (‘68 WAS PEAK)

Question 17

johnson’s actual motivations?

Answer 17

“political self-defence as much as defence of the free World” - Maclear

Question 18

Johnson approval ratings drop post-Tet

Answer 18

Dropped 12% (Feb 1968)

Question 19

when + where do peace talks begin?

Answer 19

May 1968 Paris

Question 20

by when, how many US troops had been withdrawn?

Answer 20

1972, >400k troops had been withdrawn

Question 21

christmas bombings - when, under what campaign name (unofficial)

Answer 21

NV in December 1972, nixon’s madman bombings

Question 22

Peace treaty finally signed when/where?

Answer 22

january 1973 Paris, ends direct American involvement

Question 23

how many litres of defoliants dropped on indochina, from when + under what operation name

Answer 23

~75 million litres, from 1961 Operation Ranch Hand

Question 24

US helicopters

Answer 24

1968: 5500 helicopters

Question 25

political Tet, impact for DRV

Answer 25

“brilliant political victory” - Dean Rusk

Question 26

Giap, on aims of Tet

Answer 26

"both military and political" objective

Question 27

Tet: attack on US embassy = impact

Answer 27

US is “vulnerable despite its immense power” - Karnow

Question 28

HCM's statement during the French oui oui period of the first indochina war

Answer 28

“You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.”

Question 29

tv war - civilians saw...

Answer 29

“Unprecedented brutality” - Karnow

Question 30

what did anti-war movements lead to? (conditions)

Answer 30

"civil war conditions" - Henry Kissinger

Question 31

Walter said what?

Answer 31

We are mired in a stalemate... the only… way out [is to] … negotiate” - Walter Cronkite

Question 32

Washington moratorium against the Vietnam war when

Answer 32

november 15 1969

Question 33

nixon's policy on civilians dictating policy

Answer 33

policy will not be "made on the streets"

Question 34

why extricate? - karnow

Answer 34

politicians were reflefting “the overwhelming majority of Americans favoured no further aid to SV government” - Karnow

Question 35

from whence did american battles become iffy

Answer 35

1967: 96% of American military engagements involved enemy forces no larger than ~150 men (which Westmoreland was not prepared for/comfortable to fight)

Question 36

thieu, reflecting on US leaving

Answer 36

“The United States sold out South Vietnam at Paris. At best we could survive one year, maybe two”

Question 37

HCM on nationalism

Answer 37

“Our secret weapon is nationalism”

Question 38

McNamara on underestimation

Answer 38

“The US underestimated the power of nationalism to motivate the North Vietnamese”

Question 39

who was DRV getting aid from?

Answer 39

China + USSR

Question 40

due to North increasing supply lines + mobilising resources, how long could they continue the war?

Answer 40

"Indefinitely" - Pach

Question 41

quote on DVN position @ end of period of consolidation

Answer 41

“in a strong position” - Harpur

Question 42

article 1 of peace accords

Answer 42

"respect the independence... of Vietnam as recognized by the 1954 Geneva Agreements"

Question 43

democratic elections needed by which agreements?

Answer 43

BOTH OF THEM (Geneva + Paris oui oui)

Question 44

number of US fatal casualties total, = to total no that Australia sent

Answer 44

60k

Question 45

Gallup public opinion polls 1969: what % saw war in vietnam as a 'mistake'?

Answer 45

60%

Question 46

kent state shooting m/y, how many killed

Answer 46

May 1970, 4 killed

Question 47

My Lai year, what happened, when found out?

Answer 47

1968, US troops murdered >300 civilians in SV: My Lai. Find out: nov 1969

Question 48

banh mi thuot m/y

Answer 48

march 1975

Question 49

Norodom Sihanouk comment on US in Vietnam 1967

Answer 49

It would be immoral to support… the aggression of the United States against… Vietnam

Question 50

characterisation of Cambodia bombing campaign

Answer 50

“reckless” - Douglas Brinkley

Question 51

khmer rouge in charge of what % country 1973

Answer 51

Jan 75%

Question 52

within 6 months of the ceasefire ending the vietnam war, how many tonnes bombs had the US dropped on Cambodia?

Answer 52

¼ million tonnes

Question 53

some historians have gone so far as to call Democratic Kampuchea a what state?

Answer 53

"slave state" - Philip Short

Question 54

kampuchea - what % secondary school teachers remained after 1979?

Answer 54

10%

Question 55

kampuchea - how much $$$ received from China

Answer 55

1975, >$1b US from China

Question 56

how could the US have assured a victory? (preventing a communist victory required what)

Answer 56

Anthony Joes: “preventing a Communist victory, required stopping… the flow of men and supplies into the South”

Question 57

how much US aid to Cambodia 1970-75

Answer 57

almost $2bn

Question 58

Ben Kiernan, Khmer Rouge wouldn't have won power without what?

Answer 58

"would not have won power without U.S" - Ben Kiernan

Question 59

cambodia what fraction population refugees by 1972

Answer 59

1/3

Question 60

cambodia agricultural mechanisation goal

Answer 60

80% agricultural mechanisation within 5-10 years

Question 61

how much aid from china to Khmer Rouge regime in 1976?

Answer 61

>$1bn US

Question 62

jan to feb 1968 how much did LBJ approval rating fall

Answer 62

by 12 percentage points