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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergCurt-Engelhorn Chair in American History Prof. Dr. Manfred BergWinter Term 2008/2009
The Reluctant Empire?
U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century
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The Vietnam War The Origins of American Involvement The Escalation of the War The Conduct of the War In Search of Peace with Honor The War at Home
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The Domino Theory “You have a row of dominoes set up. You
knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have the beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences.”
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
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The Historians’ Vietnam Debate
Quagmire Flawed Containment Bureaucratic Blundering Imperialism
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Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969 “The entire Vietnamese
people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.”
Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, 1945
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Indochina
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Ngo Dinh Diem, 1901-1963 Appointed Prime Minister of
South Vietnam by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1954
President Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1963
Executed during successful coup d'état led by Gen. Dương Văn Minh, Nov. 1, 1963
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Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908-1973 U.S. Rep., 1937-1949
U.S. Senator, 1949-1961
U.S. Vice President, 1961-1963
U.S. President, 1963-1969
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
“The Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression .”
U.S. Congress, August 10, 1964
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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General William Westmoreland, 1914-2005 Served in U.S. Army from
1936 to 1972
Deputy Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), 1964-1968
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1968-1972
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Robert McNamara, b.1916
U.S. Sec. of Defense, 1961-1968
President of the World Bank, 1968-1981
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Search and Destroy
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My Lai, May 1968
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Napalm
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Tet Offensive, January 1968
The U.S. military suffers casualties during a VC attack near Tan Son Nhut Airport on January 31, 1968.
Two U.S. Marines battle Communist troops inside the walls of the Citadel at Hue.
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Richard Nixon, 1913-1994
U.S. Rep., 1947-1950
U.S. Senator, 1950-1953
U.S. Vice President , 1953-1961
U.S. President, 1969-1974
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The Paris Peace Talks
North Vietnamese Diplomat, Le Duc Tho, and then National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, meet in Paris, 1973.
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Christmas Bombings, 1972
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Saigon, April 1975
Helicopters transport the last remaining U.S. officials and citizens from the roof of the U.S. Embassy, 1975
U.S. soldiers attempt to maintain order at the U.S. Embassy during the evacuation.
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Senator J. William Fulbright, 1905-1995
U.S. Rep., 1943-1945
U.S. Senator, 1945-1974
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1959-1974
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Draft Card Burning
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Kent State, May 4, 1970
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“Hanoi Jane” Fonda
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POW/MIA
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Rambo
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Vietnam Memorial Wall
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Vietnam Heroes
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Vietnam Nurses Memorial
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No More Vietnams
War Powers Act 1973 The Vietnam Syndrome
Post Vietnam Strategy:Popular SupportGuaranteed VictoryExit Strategy