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America's Longest War, 4/e
George Herring, University of Kentucky-Lexington
Enough, but Not Too Much: Johnson's Decisions for War, 1963-1965

Internet Exercise 2

Rolling Thunder

Read McGeorge Bundy's February 7, 1965, memorandum to President Johnson:

http://oll.temple.edu/hist249/course/Documents/McGeorgeBundy%27s_memo_to_Johnson.htm



1

What course of action did National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy recommend?


2

According to Bundy, what was the "primary target" of his proposed sustained bombing campaign? Explain.


3

In Bundy's view, what were the odds that the sustained bombing campaign would succeed? What benefits did he assert would accrue to the United States even if the reprisal campaign failed? What do you think would have constituted success to Bundy?


4

Does this memorandum suggest that Bundy had much faith that the Rolling Thunder campaign would solve America's Vietnam dilemma? Explain.










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