The War in Vietnam and the End of American “Innocence”: Notes and Presentation (18 Slides)

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Themes to Consider The origins of the war in Vietnam Lyndon Johnson’s War Television, the “Living Room War,” and more domestic unrest at home The Origins of the Vietnam War 1884 – T... reaty of Hue: Established French Colonial Rule in Vietnam for the next seven decades (colony of French Indochina) “Proxy” War: During the Cold War, the notion of an actual military confrontation between two sides with one supported by the US, and one supported by the USSR, without direct conflict between the two superpowers themselves “Attrition”: The military strategy of LBJ and McNamara premised on the notion that the military superiority of the US would eventually overwhelm the less equipped North Vietnamese “Pacification”: The strategy to push the Viet Cong out of particular areas of South Vietnam, and then attempt to win the “hearts and minds” of the “liberated” populace the living room war Nixon, Kissinger, and the Escalation of the War in Vietnam (TO BE CONTINUED) [Show More]

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