Guerrilla Warfare Flashcards
In 1961 the United States spent nearly $270 million in military support for _____. The ARVN numbered 170,000 troops but the number of Vietcong was estimated at just 10,000. The real point was that there wasn’t a military solution to the Vietcong. The only chance that Diem and the Americans had to defeat the VC was to undermine the _____ of the communists.
Popularity
How were they going to undermine the popularity of the communists?
They had to show that they could help the people as much if not more.
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The American adviser to the ARVN forces in the area, Lieutenant Colonel Vann, was angered by the failure of the commanders to _____ _______. They squabbled with each other and at one point, confused South Vietnamese troops ended up firing at each other. He argued that the war was being fought badly the South. The US government was covering up the fact so as to not _______ relations with Diem.
Work together
Spoil
The press in the USA was also being kept in the dark about the war at this time. Kennedy _______ that there were any American troops in Vietnam. But American fighter jet pilots were bombing and machine gunning _____areas. Helicopter pilots were also transporting ARVN forces into combat zones. After a battle at Ap Bac in 1963, in which 5 US helicopters were shot down, an American journalist asked a tough question about the battle and the spokesman snapped back ‘__________!’
Denied
NLF
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