Assessing Johnson and Vietnam (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Aim of containment policy
Aim of containment policy
Prevent spread of communism worldwide
Domino theory explanation
Domino theory explanation
Fall of S. Vietnam would spread communism in SE Asia
US advisors in Vietnam 1963
US advisors in Vietnam 1963
16,000
US troops in Vietnam by 1968
US troops in Vietnam by 1968
Over 500,000
What Vietnam War exposed re US power
What Vietnam War exposed re US power
Limits of US power & challenges of guerrilla warfare
Great Society aim
Great Society aim
Eliminate poverty & racial injustice
Great Society programmes (name 3)
Great Society programmes (name 3)
Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act
Vietnam War cost
Vietnam War cost
Over $140 billion
Vietnam War impact on domestic programmes
Vietnam War impact on domestic programmes
Diverted funds, caused inflation, strained budget
Halberstam on Johnson & Vietnam
Halberstam on Johnson & Vietnam
Prisoner of advisers' blindness to Vietnam realities
MLK on US govt & violence
MLK on US govt & violence
Greatest purveyor of violence in world today
Kissinger on Johnson's Vietnam situation
Kissinger on Johnson's Vietnam situation
Extraordinarily difficult, no easy choices
Johnson's legacy described as
Johnson's legacy described as
Tragic paradox
What overshadowed Johnson's achievements
What overshadowed Johnson's achievements
Vietnam War's divisive impact & costs