1. Vietnam I.The Kennedy Détente II.Kennedy and Vietnam III.Growth of U.S. Involvement IV.The Fall of Diem

2. I. The Kennedy Détente

3. American University, June 10, 1963

4. II. Kennedy and Vietnam

6. President John F. Kennedy

7. III. Growth of U.S. Involvement

8. The White House, January 8, 1963 CJCS Maxwell Taylor, President John F. Kennedy, and Gen. Earle Wheeler Source: jfklibrary.org

9. The White House, February 2, 1963 CJCS Maxwell Taylor, President John F. Kennedy, and Gen. Earle Wheeler Source: jfklibrary.org

10. Source: FRUS, 1961-1963, vol. III, (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1991), p. 97.

11. Ngo Din Diem

12. June 11, 1963

13. IV. The Fall of Diem

14. The White House, October 2, 1963 Sec. Def. Robert McNamara, CJCS Maxwell Taylor, and President John F. Kennedy

15. The White House, October 29, 1963 Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, Source: www.jfklibrary.org

16. The White House, November 4, 1963 President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Source: www.jfklibrary.org

17. President John F. Kennedy

18. Kennedy and Vietnam 1. January 1961–November 1961 2. November 1961–January 1963 3. January 1963–May 1963 4. May 1963–August 1963 5. August–November 1963

19. Lyndon B. Johnson

20. Johnson and Vietnam 1. November 1963–November 1964 2. November 1964–March 1965 3. March 1965–July 1965 4. July 1965–March 1968 5. March 1968–January 1969

21. The White House, March 2, 1964 Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu NSA McGeorge Bundy and President Lyndon B. Johnson

22. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Sen. Richard Russell (D-GA) The White House, May 27, 1964 Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

23. August 3-6, 1964 Source: www.history.navy.mil U.S.S. Maddox

24. Johnson and Vietnam 1. November 1963–November 1964 2. November 1964–March 1965 3. March 1965–July 1965 4. July 1965–March 1968 5. March 1968–January 1969

25. The White House, July 7, 1965 Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson

26. Johnson and Vietnam 1. November 1963–November 1964 2. November 1964–March 1965 3. March 1965–July 1965 4. July 1965–March 1968 5. March 1968–January 1969

27. February 1, 1966 Source: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu President Lyndon B. Johnson

29. Vietnam

30. Kennedy and Vietnam 1. January 1961–November 1961 2. November 1961–January 1963 3. January 1963–May 1963 4. May 1963–August 1963 5. August–November 1963

31. The United States and Vietnam 1. September 1945–October 1950 2. October 1950–May 1954 3. May 1954–November 1961 4. November 1961–November 1963 5. November 1963–July 1965 6. July 1965–March 1968 7. March 1968–January 1969 8. January 1969–July 1969 9. July 1969–April 1970 10. May 1970–January 1973 11. January 1973–April 1975