1. Vietnam

2. Goals/ Cause United States Stop the spread of communism Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Independence- to be free of foreign/ imperial influence

3. Plans Send advisors/ escalate Limited War Expand to other countries
Air War
Operation Rolling Thunder
Defoliants/ Agent Orange
Ground War
Search and Destroy
Pacification
Expand to other countries
Laos and Cambodia- ‘69
United States
General William Westmoreland

4. Plans Vietnam Plan: Don’t Lose! (no central leadership)
Guerilla Warfare:
Reliance on Ho Chi Minh Trail
Destruction/ Refugees

5. Jungle Warfare

6. Problems Unpopular in the US Unsure of the enemy
Opposition to draft
burn draft cards
Deferments:
Unsure of the enemy
Limited military results

7. 1968- Tet Offensive
Event:
Results: 1. 2. 3.

8. 1969- My Lai Massacre
Event:
Outcome of Court Martial:
Results:

9. Election of 1968
How like Korea:
Nixon Doctrine:
Vietnamization:

10. End of Vietnam 1971- Pentagon Papers: 1973- Cease Fire:
1975- Fall of Saigon:

11. Fall of Saigon 1975

12. Results- The D’s Death Destruction Debt Disillusionment
The Memorial-
Destruction
Debt
Disillusionment
War Powers Act: