MLTH 523 - The Vietnam War

Credit Hours: 3

An examination of the history of the American war in Vietnam, beginning with the foundations of French imperialism in Indochina, the Japanese occupation during World War II, and the Vietnamese resistance during the First Indochina War. It will chart the contours of American policy toward Indochina and the escalation of military responses under presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Significant attention will be placed upon military operations from 1965 to 1972, the war’s impact on American society; and the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975.