Match the statement to the individual who is likely to have expressed it. Place the correct letter on the line.

a. Leslie H. Gelb e. Robert Heilbroner
b. Ernest R. May f. David Halberstam
c. Norman Podhoretz g. Guenter Lewy
d. R. B. Smith h. Larry Berman

_____ 1. The U.S. fought in Vietnam to help an ally fight foreign aggression.
_____ 2. The U.S. fought in Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism.
_____ 3. The U.S. fought in Vietnam because President Johnson felt a military loss in Vietnam would doom his Great Society legislation.
_____ 4. The U.S. fought in Vietnam for moral and selfless reasons.
_____ 5. The U.S. fought in Vietnam to save South Vietnam from communism.
_____ 6. The U.S. fought in Vietnam because the region was vital to American interests.
_____ 7. The U.S. fought in Vietnam because foreign policy leaders in two administrations were committed to the ideas of activism and success.
_____8. The U.S. fought in Vietnam to prevent the fall of capitalism as the dominant world economic system.


1. g. Guenter Lewy
2. a. Leslie H. Gelb
3. h. Larry Berman
4. b. Ernest R. May
5. c. Norman Podhoretz
6. d. R. B. Smith
7. f. David Halberstam
8. e. Robert Heilbroner

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