U.S history take home test

    1. Describe the US policy of “Containment” towards the Soviet Union. Outline how it was to work in a) the economic sphere and b) in the military sphere. Include at least one example for each to illustrate. 2. Explain how the concept of MAD related to the TRIAD of weapons systems developed by both the US and USSR that kept the War Cold despite hot “proxy” wars. Outline: a) the TRIAD and b) give at least two “proxy” wars and their outcomes. 3. Discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis. How did the failed Bay of Pigs operation present the USSR with the opportunity to redress the strategic missile balance with the USA in 1962? Outline the terms of the compromise that ended the crisis. 4. Outline the several distinct periods of the US involvement and build up in the Vietnam War from the French period to Nixon. Discuss key turning points such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964) and Tet Offensive (1968) and the Paris Accord (1973).