Sixties Culture and Vietnam The New “Youth Culture” The Beatles Hippies The Draft 26th Amendment Sixties Culture and Vietnam The New “Youth Culture” Voting Rights Vietnam War 1954-1973 Background Geneva Conference North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietcong Gulf of Tonkin Resolution LBJ Escalates the War Weapons Napalm Agent Orange Tet Offensive Roy Benavidez Explain the Domino Theory: What was JFK’s role in Vietnam? The War Under Johnson (1963-1969)

Popularity of Nationalist Cause Guerrilla Warfare Increasing Difficulties Media Coverage Credibility Gap Discontent Young Americans Doves Hawks Anti-War Movement The War Under Nixon (1969-1973) Democrats Divide Richard Nixon (R) Vietnamization Invasion of Cambodia Diplomatic Overtures Anti-War Movement Increased Silent Majority Pentagon Papers Henry Kissinger Fall of Saigon Legacy of the War Post-War Music Death & Destruction Impact on U.S Limits on Presidents War Powers Act 1950s 1960s Post-War Art “Action Painters” Pop Art