HIST-3980 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Close Air Support, Systems Analysis, Gradualism

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2 May 2018

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Military 4

1. Us army emerged with reputation intact

2. Usmc maintained reputation

3. Usaf controlled skies over north korea

4. Close air support

5. Innovation helicopters

Now list two legacies of the Korean War for American policy as a whole.

1. Alerted us to threat of communism in asia

- Before 1950 focus was europe

- Containment policy covered asia

2. Convinced us to proceed with peacetime militarization

- Military spending increased

What were five false assumptions of President Johnson and other key national leaders during the

Vietnam War?

1. Gradualism

- Assumption gradually increasing pressure we could force Vietnam to negotiate

2. Emphasis on systems analysis and quantification

3. Strategic bombing modern infrastructure can defeat non industrialized power

4. Communist movement in the south Vietcong couldn’t survive without north Vietnam

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