What Did New York Times Reporter David Halberstam Mean When

question 23

Multiple Choice

What did New York Times reporter David Halberstam mean when, in 1962, he summed up the military dilemma in Vietnam by stating "It is often impossible to separate the cruel and dedicated foe you want to kill from the simple and illiterate peasant you want to woo"?

• A) Communist troops inflicted heavy losses on South Vietnamese civilians.
• B) Communist troops launched their attacks from strongholds in North Vietnam.
• C) Communist troops blended into the civilian population so they were harder to detect.
• D) Communist troops often made civilians act as suicide bombers.

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Definitions:

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the amount of the good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at each price.

Normal Good

A type of good whose demand increases as the income of consumers increase, showing a positive relationship between income and demand.

Complementary Good

A product that is used together with another product, with the consumption of one enhancing the use or value of the other.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity demanded, typically downward-sloping.