1. Causes, Course, and Outcome of the Vietnam War

2. Origins Short History of Early Vietnam Vietnamese Heroes
The Trung Sisters
Trieu Au

3. Origins
Vietnamese Independence
Kublai Khan
Tran Hung Dao

4. French Rule French Colonization 19th Century Imperialism
French Methods of Control

5. Ho Chi Minh Born: May 19, 1890 Nghe An Moving to France
Paris Peace Conference, 1919
French Communist Party

6. Ho Chi Minh Living in exile Indochinese Communist Party
Impact of WWII on Vietnam
Vietminh

7. Conditions in Vietnam during WWII
The role of the Vietminh
French Control
Japanese Control
The U.S. Office of Strategic Services
September 2, 1945

8. French Efforts to Keep Control
French Requests
The 16th Parallel
Chinese Forces
British Forces
French Restoration of Power
Later divided at the 17th parallel

9. The Indochina War Peace Talks Reasons for Independence Haiphong
November 1946

10. The Indochina War
Tactics
French Strategy
U.S. Policy
Ho’s Proposals

11. The Indochina War Moscow’s Puppet? American beliefs Non-Recognition
prejudice and stereotypes

12. The Indochina War Stalin’s relationship with Ho Chi Minh
Intelligence reports
French use of the Marshall Plan
Keeping Allies

13. The Indochina War Help from China The Cold War Mentality NSC 68
The Domino Theory

14. The Indochina War
BAO DAI
Annan
Dean Acheson
Vo Nguyen Giap
Cao Bang

15. The Indochina War General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Vietnamese National Army (VNA)
American Financial Efforts
Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG)

16. The Indochina War Military Assistance Dynamic Program
Operation Lorraine

17. The Indochina War Eisenhower Dulles General Henri Navarre
The Navarre Plan

18. The Indochina War Giap Dien Bien Phu Long haired army March 13, 1954
American Perspective
May 7, 1954
Results

19. Results Salvaging Southern Vietnam The Geneva Conference
April – July 1954
Dulles in Geneva
Chinese and Soviet Influence
Results of the Conference

20. A New Era Ngo Dinh Diem October 1955 The Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnamese Army
Geneva Accords

21. Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong National Liberation Front “Two Vietnams”
Flexible Response

22. “Flexible Response” Military Advisors Counter-Insurgency
Search and Destroy Missions
Defoliants
Agent Orange

23. Flexible Response Strategic Hamlet Programs The Green Berets
Social And Political Reforms

24. Ngo Dinh Diem
Anti-Buddhist Policies
Self Immolations
Death of Diem

25. Self-Immolation

26. John F. Kennedy The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

28. Lyndon B. Johnson Continuing Kennedy’s Policies August 2-4, 1964
Maddox
Turner Joy
“Open Aggression on the high seas”

29. Escalating The War Vietcong Efforts The Ho Chi Minh Trail
Operation Rolling Thunder
100,000 Troops sent in 1965
Napalm

30. The War at Home The Great Society War on Poverty Credibility Gap
War Protests
The “poor man’s fight”
Effects of Television on the War

31. 1968 The Tet Offensive January 1968 Psychological Victory My Lai
William Calley Jr
The 1968 Election

32. THE TET OFFENSIVE

33. Enter Richard Nixon The 1968 Election Vietnamization Peace with Honour
Laos and Cambodia
Nixon Doctrine

34. Richard Nixon
The Draft
The Lottery System
Continued Protests

35. Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Détente
Key Areas: Taiwan, Vietnam, The United Nations, The Soviet Union.
Reasons for détente with the PRC?
Henry Kissinger’s ‘ping pong’ diplomacy.

36. Richard Nixon Why did China want détente with the USA? Rivals
Foreign Policy Issues
US withdrawal
Worries over Japan
On Policy
Reflection on the 3rd World

37. Richard Nixon What did China gain from détente with the United States?
UN Membership
Results of UN Membership
Taiwan
Japan
Vietnam

38. Richard Nixon Kent State University (May 1970) The Pentagon Papers
(June 1971)
The Credibility Gap
The Paris Peace Talks
May 13, 1972-January 27, 1973
The Paris Peace Accords

39. Richard Nixon The Watergate Break-in (first story broke June 18, 1972)
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The 1972 Election
Summer 1973
Nixon Resigns (August 1974)
Gerald Ford
Left: Woodward; Right: Bernstein

40. The Effects of The Vietnam War
The War Powers Act, 1973
The Vietnam Syndrome
The fall of Saigon
Results