Week of April 10, Friday Lecture

I. Anti-communism

II. Arrogance and Ignorance

III. Economic Imperialism?

IV. Lyndon's War

• The Personality Issue
• Inherited a Disaster
• LBJ's Plans
• The "Peace Candidate"
• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions
• Escalation
• Fighting the War
• Corruption
• Mylai
• The Anti-war Movement
• Eugene McCarthy
• Tet
• Johnson Backs down

V. 1968

VI. Nixon's Secret Plan

• Vietnamization
• Expanding the War to Laos and Cambodia
• Dirty Tricks
• Peace Is at Hand
• Christmas Bombings
• The Peace Accords
• 1974: National Liberation

VI. The Costs

VII. Learning the Right Lesson

return to Vietnam and Rebellion at Home

created: February 10, 2000
last updated: February 23, 2000

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