Hawkish Critics Debating the Meaning of the Vietnam War Blamed

question 85

Multiple Choice

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on ___________________.

• A) the expansionist and interventionist nature of American foreign policy
• B) the failure of the containment doctrine to distinguish between peripheral areas and areas vital to national security
• C) the emergence of the imperial presidency
• D) a loss of nerve within America

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