Discuss the Vietnam War. Use the textbook and lectures.
I would divide this into three sections. Eisenhower/Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon.
Why was the US involved? What was the role of colonialism/decolonization? What was happening with France? How did the
Cold War and the aftermath of the Korean War and the fact that communists took over in China affect US involvement in
Vietnam?
NSC-68
Geneva Accords
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
Diem
Military Asst Advisory Group
Strategic Hamlet program
Agent Orange
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
New Left
Opposition to the war? Black Panthers, MLK, draft resistors etc.
Tet offensive
Vietnamization
My Lai Massacre
Cambodia/Khmer Rogue
Pentagon Papers
War Powers Act
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|