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Vietnam: 1945-1975. 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
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Vietnam: 1945-1975 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
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
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 Détente Key Areas: Taiwan, Vietnam, The United Nations, The Soviet Union. Reasons for détente with the PRC? Henry Kissinger’s ‘ping pong’ diplomacy. Henry Kissinger
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