Review Questions

1. Question

   Why did Kennedy believe that engagement in Vietnam was crucial to his foreign policy? (“New Frontiers in Foreign Policy”)

2. Question

   Why did massive amounts of airpower and ground troops fail to bring U.S. victory in Vietnam? (“Lyndon Johnson’s War against Communism”)

3. Question

   How did the war in Vietnam polarize the nation? (“A Nation Polarized”)

4. Question

   What strategies did Nixon implement to bring American involvement in Vietnam to a close? (“Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam”)