Vietnam War Quiz

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Question 1

According to the author of “Kill Anything That Moves,” who was responsible for the strategy that led to numerous atrocities in Vietnam?

U.S. military leadership at the highest level
Marine colonels leading combat operations
rogue U.S. Army platoons
top Green Beret officers

Question 2

What happened on March 16, 1968, in Vietnam?

arrival of the first U.S. combat troops
the My Lai Massacre
a ceasefire ending U.S. involvement in the war
publication of the Pentagon Papers

Question 3

Which of the following was a difficulty confronting U.S. troops in Vietnam?

an enemy that used “shoot and run” tactics
American casualties from booby traps
chain-of-command pressure to meet “body count” demands
All of the above

Question 4

According to the Fresh Air interview with author Nick Turse, where did he find the documents on which he based his book?

in a vault at the Smithsonian Museum
quoted in the secondary literature on the war
in the basement of the National Archives
in collections of transcripts of congressional testimony

Question 5

How does military historian William J. Astore characterize the evidence presented in “Kill Anything That Moves”?

a “Rambo myth … history as Hollywood fairy tale”
“irrefutable”
“neither accidental nor unforeseeable”
“a concerted rewriting of the historical record”

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