The Tragedy of Vietnam Centuries of conflict w/ China Colonial period

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The Tragedy of Vietnam Centuries of conflict w/ China Colonial period Caught in the Cold War Centuries of conflict w/ China Colonial period Paris Peace Conference Dienbienphu Ho Chi Minh Eisenhower & Kennedy

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1968)

The Tragedy of Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) Trying to Stop the (Imaginary?) Dominoes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) First U.S. Combat Troops (April ‘65) Cost of War Hawks & Doves Atrocities on both sides Tet Offensive

The Tragedy of Vietnam Casualties of War Young Americans and all Vietnamese Robert McNamara The economy LBJ The Election of 1968 Institutional integrity