1. Diplomacy Chapter 25 Discussion Questions

2. *Why does the US go to war? Compare and contrast the reasons in the 19 th, 20 th and 21 st centuries.

3. (623) Explain the “no friends, only interests” statement.

4. (624-5) *Why did American leaders think there was a global Communist Conspiracy against the US? What are the implications of believing this?

5. (626) *Why did involvement in Indochina during the 1950s present a conflict of American ideals and goals?

6. (626) What was “Operation Eggshell?” Why did Kissinger consider the name of this operation ironic?

7. (629) Describe a guerilla conflict. Explain the 75/100 statement.

8. (630) Why did France give up the conflict in Indochina sooner that the US did a decade later?

9. (631) *Why do you think other Europeans did not support American intervention in Vietnam – in the 1950s and throughout the 1960s?

10. Explain the meaning of Ike’s quote on the top of 632.

11. * Was the domino theory widely accepted? What is the difference between my recognition of a plausible theory (in historical context) and a correct one?

12. (634) Describe the settlement of the French Indochina War and how those conditions possibly created future problems.

13. (635) Describe why the countries involved in Indochina were not “in the mood” for a conflict in 1954.

14. (637) What is SEATO? What was its purpose? Why did the UK and France join? Why has it not matured in the same way NATO has?

15. (638)* Why are exiled leaders “revolutionaries” or “heroes” not inclined to create democratic governments?

16. (640) How would you characterize Ike’s commitment to South Vietnam?