1. The Vietnamese Revolution

2. Ho Chi Minh (Bringer of Light) Nguyen Sinh Cung

3. Vo Nguyen Giap
Student of Mao’s theories of Revolutionary War

4. The French in Indochina
Trung Tran & Trung Nhi revolt agains the Chinese in 40AD
The French in Indochina – Michelen Rubber
1908 Uprising in Bien Din
1914 WWI
Ho Chi Minh (Bringer of Light) and the VNQED
1930 Nationalist Uprising at Yen Bay – Ho Chi Minh jailed
1940 Japanese Occupation
Nguyen Giap & the Vietminh
1945 Japanese Surrender/ Ho declares independence
1950 Coup de Main
1954 Dien Bien Phu & Geneva division at the 17th parrallel

5. French Defeat at Dien Bien Phu May 1954/Geneva Accords
* Comparison to Khe Sanh for U.S.

6. U.S. Counterinsurgency Begins in 65 after GOT Resolution
“Strong Temptation to hit someone”
“Search & Destroy” v. “Jungle Bashing”
British Mission to MACV

7. U.S. Strategy: Direct or Indirect? 68 Tet Offensive

8. Combined Action Program Indirect – Too Little, Too late?
CAP
Chu Hoi
PROVN

9. The U.S. In Vietnam - the Fighting years (CAP)

10. Vietnam War Protests Relate to French Experience in Algeria

11. U.S. Withdrawal 72-75 “Vietnamization” April 72 Spring Offensive
73 Paris Peace Accords
POWs
Congressional Funding

12. South Vietnamese Defeat 75