1. The Tragedy of Vietnam Centuries of conflict w/ China Colonial period
Caught in the Cold War
Centuries of conflict w/ China
Colonial period
Paris Peace Conference
Dienbienphu
Ho Chi Minh
Eisenhower & Kennedy

3. Ho Chi Minh
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4. The Tragedy of Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
Trying to Stop the (Imaginary?) Dominoes
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
First U.S. Combat Troops (April ‘65)
Cost of War
Hawks & Doves
Atrocities on both sides
Tet Offensive

6. The Tragedy of Vietnam Casualties of War
Young Americans and all Vietnamese
Robert McNamara
The economy
LBJ
The Election of 1968
Institutional integrity