The Vietnam War
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Course Description
Overview
Explore the losses and legacies of the war in Vietnam.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: A Half-Century Cataclysm
- 02: French Indochina and the Viet Minh
- 03: Dien Bien Phu and Vietnam Divided, 1953–1959
- 04: Five Leaders Who Defined the Vietnam War
- 05: The Rise of the Viet Cong, 1959–1962
- 06: South Vietnam in Crisis, 1963
- 07: The Gulf of Tonkin and a Crossroads, 1964
- 08: The Vietnam War in the Skies
- 09: America Goes All In, 1965
- 10: The World of the American Combat Soldier
- 11: The World of the Vietnamese Combat Soldier
- 12: Guns, Gear, and Food in the Vietnam War
- 13: False Optimism, Failing Strategies, 1966–1967
- 14: How to Fight an Asymmetric War
- 15: The Tet Offensive, 1968
- 16: America in Turmoil, 1968
- 17: Race, Culture, and Women in the Vietnam War
- 18: The Antiwar Movement in America
- 19: Nixon and Vietnamization, 1969
- 20: The Race against Time, 1970
- 21: America Pulls Back, the North Strikes, 1971–1972
- 22: The Bitter End, 1972–1975
- 23: Vietnam’s Casualties, Prisoners, and MIA
- 24: Vietnam Becomes a Country, Not Just a War
Taught by
John C. McManus
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