Decision makers utilized the historical analogy of __________ when debating the intervention in Vietnam.
A)Munich 1938
B)Pearl Harbor
C)the Korean War
D)the Prague Spring

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Decision makers in the United States government at the time of the Vietnam War often looked to the historical analogy of Munich 1938, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler at the Munich Conference is seen as a failure to stand up to aggression and allowed Hitler to continue his expansionist policies. This analogy was used to argue for the necessity of the United States' intervention in Vietnam to contain the spread of communism and prevent a domino effect of other countries falling under communist influence.

Decision Makers Utilized the Historical Analogy of __________ When Debating