1. The Vietnam War Divides America & Devastates Vietnam

2. I. Before Americans Arrive (1954)
French and Japanese Imperialism in Vietnam (Late 1800s  1945)

3. Ho Chi Minh

4. Ho Chi Minh (1945): “All men are created equal
Ho Chi Minh (1945): “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with unalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness…We are convinced that the Allies cannot fail to recognize the right of the Vietnamese people to independence.

5. B. Vietnamese Independence? Victory Over France at Dien Bien Phu (1954)

6. II. Early American Interventions (1954-1964)
Rationale: Contain Communism

7. II. Early American Interventions (1954-1964)
Action:
Puppet Government: Ngo Dinh Diem
Postponed Elections

8. Ngo Dinh Diem

9. C. Vietnamese Resist American Imperialism

11. III. The Escalation of War and Protest (1965-1968)

12. A. The Escalation of War: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident and American Troops (1965)

13. The U.S.S. Maddox

14. B. The Escalation of Protest

15. Dishonest Political Leaders: The Tet Offensive

17. Treatment of Vietnamese: Napalm & the My Lai Massacre

20. American Casualties: Students, African-Americans, and the Draft

25. IV. De-Escalation & the Legacy of the Vietnam War

26. A. The De-Escalation of War: Vietnamization, Troop Reductions, and the End of the Vietnam War ( )

27. B. The Legacy
1. Vietnam: Casualties, Communism & Terror ( ), Then Capitalism

28. 2. The United States: ,000 Deaths Growing Distrust of National Government/Leaders Debating the Lesson Learned