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TRUMAN DOCTRINE -wars of national liberation??? -French Indochina

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1 TRUMAN DOCTRINE -wars of national liberation??? -French Indochina Ho Chi Minh -containment domino theory -sent advisors?? -Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections -Viet-Cong begins fighting

2 GULF OF TONKIN -Diem’s gov’t unpopular -Diem is assassinated
-limited bombing already begun -Gulf of Tonkin U.S. ship attacked LBJ asks for action (war) -statement was prepared before the attack -Operation Rolling Thunder begins bombing Vietnam

3 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

4 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

5 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

6 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

7 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

8 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

9 DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara
-Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

10 COSTS OF WAR -low morale of soldiers -Great Society spending is reduced to pay for war effort -first television war -credibility gap develops -protest begin

11 COSTS OF WAR -low morale of soldiers -Great Society spending is reduced to pay for war effort -first television war -credibility gap develops -protest begin

12 OPPOSITION -Hawks -Doves -No end in sight to the war

13 WAR PROTESTS -why are we fighting this war??? -working man’s war -unfair practices draft deferments objectors dodging

14 WAR PROTESTS -why are we fighting this war??? -working man’s war -unfair practices draft deferments objectors dodging


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