1. US Involvement in Vietnam

2. Intro to Vietnam France/Indochina Japan Ho Chi Min (nationalism)
Viet Minh

5. Early American Involvement
Truman
Issue of Aid
Eisenhower
Issue with Viet Minh
Dien Bien Phu

6. Geneva Accords France out Communists v. non- Communists
National Elections 1956
Ngo Dinh Diem
17th Parallel
Hanoi v. Saigon

9. Eisenhower Commitment
Eisenhower & Containment
SEATO
Non-Communist S. Vietnam
Land Reform
Diem Situation
Viet Cong
Overall…

11. Kennedy Increase involvement ARVN & Ground Troops Diem=BAD
Buddhist situation/monks
Coup/US Questions
Issues

13. Lyndon B. Johnson Adviser Situation Airbombing Ground Troops
Escalation
Johnson’s War?

16. Motives Behind US Involvement
French Support
Communism
China/Korea
Domino Theory
McNamara
Third World
Kennedy Criticisms
Johnson Confidence

19. More Johnson Involvement
Congressional Approval
Maddox and US Ships
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
S. Vietnam
Working Group Recommendations

22. Why US Got Involved Communism Economy Quagmire Stalemate
Commitment Trap

23. Responsibilities of Each President
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson