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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War. 1. What was the background to American involvement?. Domino Theory China Korea. 1. What was the background to American involvement?. French Indochina US Aid Dien Bien Phu (1954) The Geneva Conference 17 th Parallel Cease Fire Line.

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The Vietnam War

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  1. The Vietnam War

  2. 1. What was the background to American involvement? • Domino Theory • China • Korea

  3. 1. What was the background to American involvement? • French Indochina • US Aid • Dien Bien Phu (1954) • The Geneva Conference • 17th Parallel Cease Fire Line

  4. 1. What was the background to American involvement? • US runs South Vietnam as a puppet state • South Vietnamese regime is propped up by US finances and military advisors • No popular support among the South Vietnamese people • No Election – Civil War…

  5. 1. What was the background to American involvement? • Laos • Communist uprising -- 1961 • Reinforces Domino Theory

  6. 1. What was the background to American involvement? • US backed a coup on Nov. 2, 1963 • Diem killed in coup • Kennedy killed three weeks later

  7. 2. How did the US become involved? • Johnson’s Choices • Pull Back • Accelerate • “I am not going to lose Vietnam. I am not going to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went.” -- LBJ

  8. 2. How did the US become involved? • Gulf of Tonkin Incident • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  9. 3. How did the war progress from 1965 to 1968? • Operation Rolling Thunder • Escalation of American troop levels

  10. US Troop Deployments in Vietnam

  11. 4. Who was “the enemy”? • North Vietnamese Army • Vietcong • Guerrilla • Based in local population • Meant lack of progress and popular support

  12. 5. What was the turning point in the Vietnam War? • Tet Offensive • Military Defeat • PR Victory

  13. 5. What was the turning point in the Vietnam War? • Ends LBJ’s Presidency

  14. 6. What was Nixon’s strategy? • Bombing Campaigns • North Vietnam • Cambodia • Vietnamization • Direct Negotiations

  15. 7. How did US involvement in the war end? • Truce stalemate since 1968 • NVA Easter Offensive of 1972 • US Bombing in response • Truce in October 1972 • South Vietnam did not approve • Led to more bombing and assurances to South Vietnam

  16. 7. How did US involvement in the war end? • Treaty of Paris • Withdrawal of US troops • Return of POWs • NVA could stay in South Vietnam

  17. 8. What impacts did the war have? • Over 58,000 Americans killed • Over 300,000 Americans wounded • Approximately $150 billion spent

  18. 8. What impacts did the war have? • North Vietnam wins the war in 1975 • Over two million Vietnamese killed

  19. Bibliography • Slide 2 Image: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BEN/ST6312~Domino-Theory-II-Posters.jpg • Slide 3 Photo: http://cla.calpoly.edu:16080/~lcall/dien_bien_phu.jpg • Slide 4 Map: http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/vietnam_map.jpg • Slide 6 Photo: http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1202/Prochnau/Prochnau02.jpg • Slide 7 Map: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol49no1/html_files/laos_map.jpg • Slide 8 Cover: http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1955/1101550404_400.jpg • Slide 9 Photo: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/images/viet4.jpg • Slide 10 Image: http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_warmaking_files/Gulf.jpg • Slide 11 Photo: http://www.vietnam-war.0catch.com/vietnam_war_pics/rolling_thunder_p3.jpg • Slide 13 Photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Vietcong1968.jpg/300px-Vietcong1968.jpg • Slide 14 Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/TetMap.jpg/464px-TetMap.jpg • Slide 15 Photo: http://drx.typepad.com/psychotherapyblog/images/2007/07/26/lbj_2.jpg • Slide 15 Photo: http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/viet/LBJNoRun2.jpg • Slide 16 Photo: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/04/16/arts/17dall.jpg • Slide 18 Photo: http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/2666014.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=6E41E83E90A345BD81141871583779D2A55A1E4F32AD3138 • Slide 19 Photo: http://www.atpm.com/7.01/washington-dc/images/vietnam-memorial.jpg • Slide 20 Photo: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/204/8-10/fall_of_saigon.jpg

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