This interactive lecture outline course explores how the United States became involved in the conflict in Vietnam and its impact on US politics, society and culture.
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Session 1 - Prelude to war The Domino Theory and anticommunist thought in US politics French Indochina The United States and early Vietnamese efforts at independence
Session 2 - Avoiding conflict Military observers in the Eisenhower administration Kennedy and Diem
The CIA and Vietnam Session 3 - The war in Vietnam Search and destroy Rolling Thunder The Air Cav
Session 4 - Opposition to the war The Anti-Vietnam War movement The 1968 presidential election Suppressing dissent
Session 5 - Vietnamisation Richard Nixon’s Peace with honour The truth will out The Fall of Saigon.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
Evaluate how and why the United States became involved in the Vietnam conflict Assess the impact of the conflict on American politics, society and culture Explain different American national security Cold War policies.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is an outline course, so no previous knowledge is required. A willingness to engage with the topic/contribute constructively to class discussions are the only requirements.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
The course will be delivered through a mixture of formal tutor input and discussion with student participation encouraged.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Pen and paper for any voluntary note taking.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Please see the Caribbean & Americas section of the website for further courses on US History.
Dafydd Townley is a lecturer in American History at the University of Reading where he teaches courses to undergraduates and graduates on the FBI, protest groups in 1960s America, and race and ethnicity in the United States, as well as broad survey modules on US history. His research interests include American national security policy, the US intelligence community, cybersecurity policy, US grand strategy and US domestic counterintelligence operations. His research has been supported by University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute, Columbia University, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, the Institute for Historical Research and the Royal Historical Society. His work has been published in History, the Journal of Intelligence History and his monograph, The Year of Intelligence in the United States: Public Opinion, National Security and the 1975 Church Committee will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in June, 2021. His current research focuses on the long-term development of US cybersecurity policy.
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