U.S. and the Vietnam War

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course examines the participation of the United States in its "longest war"--the conflict in Vietnam. The course is taught primarily from an "American" as opposed to a "Vietnamese" perspective. Broad topics to be covered include: Vietnamese background (land, people, history, culture); American Political and Diplomatic Decision Making; 1950-75: How the War was Fought; Debating the War; The War at Home; The Aftermath of War; and Lessons of the War. This is a lecture AND a discussion course.