Causes, Course, and Outcome of the Vietnam War

Origins Short History of Early Vietnam Vietnamese Heroes The Trung Sisters Trieu Au www.google.com/maps

Origins Vietnamese Independence Kublai Khan Tran Hung Dao

French Rule French Colonization 19th Century Imperialism French Methods of Control

Ho Chi Minh Born: May 19, 1890 Nghe An Moving to France Paris Peace Conference, 1919 French Communist Party

Ho Chi Minh Living in exile Indochinese Communist Party Impact of WWII on Vietnam Vietminh

Conditions in Vietnam during WWII The role of the Vietminh French Control Japanese Control The U.S. Office of Strategic Services September 2, 1945

French Efforts to Keep Control French Requests The 16th Parallel Chinese Forces British Forces French Restoration of Power Later divided at the 17th parallel

The Indochina War Peace Talks Reasons for Independence Haiphong November 1946

The Indochina War Tactics French Strategy U.S. Policy Ho’s Proposals

The Indochina War Moscow’s Puppet? American beliefs Non-Recognition prejudice and stereotypes

The Indochina War Stalin’s relationship with Ho Chi Minh Intelligence reports French use of the Marshall Plan Keeping Allies

The Indochina War Help from China The Cold War Mentality NSC 68 The Domino Theory

The Indochina War BAO DAI Annan Dean Acheson Vo Nguyen Giap Cao Bang

The Indochina War General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Vietnamese National Army (VNA) American Financial Efforts Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG)

The Indochina War Military Assistance Dynamic Program Operation Lorraine

The Indochina War Eisenhower Dulles General Henri Navarre The Navarre Plan

The Indochina War Giap Dien Bien Phu Long haired army March 13, 1954 American Perspective May 7, 1954 Results

Results Salvaging Southern Vietnam The Geneva Conference April – July 1954 Dulles in Geneva Chinese and Soviet Influence Results of the Conference

A New Era Ngo Dinh Diem October 1955 The Republic of Vietnam South Vietnamese Army Geneva Accords

Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong National Liberation Front “Two Vietnams” Flexible Response

“Flexible Response” Military Advisors Counter-Insurgency Search and Destroy Missions Defoliants Agent Orange

Flexible Response Strategic Hamlet Programs The Green Berets Social And Political Reforms

Ngo Dinh Diem Anti-Buddhist Policies Self Immolations Death of Diem

Self-Immolation

John F. Kennedy The Assassination of John F. Kennedy http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fhw1_jfk-assassination-digitally-remaste_news

Lyndon B. Johnson Continuing Kennedy’s Policies August 2-4, 1964 Maddox Turner Joy “Open Aggression on the high seas”

Escalating The War Vietcong Efforts The Ho Chi Minh Trail Operation Rolling Thunder 100,000 Troops sent in 1965 Napalm

The War at Home The Great Society War on Poverty Credibility Gap War Protests The “poor man’s fight” Effects of Television on the War

1968 The Tet Offensive January 1968 Psychological Victory My Lai William Calley Jr The 1968 Election

THE TET OFFENSIVE

Enter Richard Nixon The 1968 Election Vietnamization Peace with Honour Laos and Cambodia Nixon Doctrine

Richard Nixon The Draft The Lottery System Continued Protests

Richard Nixon Henry Kissinger Détente Key Areas: Taiwan, Vietnam, The United Nations, The Soviet Union. Reasons for détente with the PRC? Henry Kissinger’s ‘ping pong’ diplomacy.

Richard Nixon Why did China want détente with the USA? Rivals Foreign Policy Issues US withdrawal Worries over Japan On Policy Reflection on the 3rd World

Richard Nixon What did China gain from détente with the United States? UN Membership Results of UN Membership Taiwan Japan Vietnam

Richard Nixon Kent State University (May 1970) The Pentagon Papers (June 1971) The Credibility Gap The Paris Peace Talks May 13, 1972-January 27, 1973 The Paris Peace Accords

Richard Nixon The Watergate Break-in (first story broke June 18, 1972) Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward The 1972 Election Summer 1973 Nixon Resigns (August 1974) Gerald Ford Left: Woodward; Right: Bernstein http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/06/14/VI2007061401076.html?referrer=emaillink

The Effects of The Vietnam War The War Powers Act, 1973 The Vietnam Syndrome The fall of Saigon Results