HIST-3980 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Vietnam War, South Vietnam, Powell Doctrine
HIST-3980
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Military exam
Essay impact of Vietnam on us military
Bad decisions during war
Gradualism
- Gradually increase pressure force to negotiate
- Increase bombing
- Increase troops
Strategic bombing
- Did’t work agaist o idustrialized
- Vieta was’t depedat on oil
- Was’t depedat o electricity
Thought insurgency could be defeated with conventional tactics
Westmoreland in charge
He wanted conventional tactics
conventional battle
Operation starlite
- Van tuong peninsula
- Us launched quickly before Vietcong knew
- Usmc amphibious
- Usmc helos land
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- Usmc land
- Pushed Vietcong to sea
- Navy off shore
- Us victory
Lessons from Vietnam
Powell doctrine
- When go in go in full force
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Document Summary
Thought insurgency could be defeated with conventional tactics. When go in go in full force. Assess the impact of the vietnam war on the u. s. military during the period from around. The id"s and short-answer questions (lists) will begin around the falaise pocket and battle of the bulge area in your notes. For the id"s, as usual, do not give me simple one-sentence answers. Explain who or what the term was, a date or reasonably accurate time period, and relate it to other terms in the course with its broader significance. As for the short answer questions, here are some that you should be prepared for: What were two key things i asked you to remember about the battle of the bulge? (hint: its long-term effect on the germans; and it being a soldier"s victory. Used last of german strategic reserve, guaranteed no more counter offenses. It was a soldiers victory, troops deserved credit not generals.
