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| George Ball | only voice that urged caution, had served in Kennedy Administration as an undersecretary of state for Economic Affairs |
| Rolling Thunder | A sustained U.S. bombing effort against North Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and lasting until 1968. Rolling Thunder was launched in response to a Viet Cong raid on a U.S. military base at Pleiku that killed several U.S. servicemen. When the air strikes failed to end the war, Johnson increased the number of U.S. soldiers in South Vietnam from roughly 200,000 to over 500,000. |
| “free fire zones” | areas designed by Saigon, appointed preovice chierfs as NLF dominated anytinng that moved in this space was a target |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | complex roads |
| What were some of the discussions over US policy in Vietnam that occurred within the Johnson administration during 1964-65. | great society and the war in vietnam |
| What weapons and tactics did the US employ during its early air war in Vietnam? | free fire zones, napalm, white rhorus bombs, cluster boms, causualties, physical land of vietnam is very different, boosted moral instead of destroying it becuase it made people want to fight harder |
| What were some of the effects of Rolling Thunder? Were all of them intended? | US air force gained an upper hand |
| Why were US ground troops deployed in South Vietnam in 1965? | ? |
| Why did the events in the villages of Cam Ne and Duc Lap exemplify the challenges the US faced in Vietnam? | villiage burned to the groupnd, angry, ARVN made villagers live like prisoners |
