Lyndon B. Johnson

The Vietnam War

Map of Vietnam

The War During Johnson & Nixon Administrations French involvement Geneva Accords Division of Vietnam Viet Minh-Viet Cong (NLF) Emperor Bao Dai Elections in Vietnam SEATO Ngo Dinh Diem (RVN) Nhu

Fall of Dien Bien Phu

Ho Chi Minh

Anti-war protest against Diem

Buddhist Monk Protest

Duong Van Minh ousts Diem

Battles and Conflicts Ho Chi Minh Trail Agent Orange Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Maddox and Turner Joy The Tet Offensive

Napalm Explosion

The Evils of War My Lai Lt. William Calley

An End to Vietnam Repeal of Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Cooper-Church Amendment “Christmas bombings” Treaty of Paris Nixon’s secret treaty Nguyen van Thieu

Cambodian Mercenaries

Bombing of North Vietnam

U.S. Bombing of Cambodia

U.S. Marines leaving Saigon

Student Rebellion Students for a Democratic Society “The New Left” Freedom of Speech Movement University of California, Berkeley

The Counterculture Hippies “Sexual revolution” Drug culture Rock-n-roll

The “Hippie” Soldier

Hippies vs Soldiers

The public reacts to Vietnam Sen. J. William Fulbright A downturn in the economy Protests & student demonstrations “teach-ins” Mobilization against the war March against Death The Moratorium The Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg

Protests against Vietnam at home

Kent State Protests lead to violence

Nixon agrees to a cease-fire

Nguyen Van Thieu

The draft in Vietnam The lottery system

Anti-war sentiment in veterans “fragging”

U.S. Marines in Vietnam

Results of the Vietnam War Costs Causalities Physical destruction Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1982 America’s new policy towards war Foreign Assistance Appropriation Act

The Vietnam Wall