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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 3-26-1991 |
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HIS273 1999 Fall – 2012 Spring |
LEC 3.0
Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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US
Experience in Vietnam 1945 - 1975 |
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Survey
of the US experience in Vietnam, 1945-1975, in view of political, economic,
and social forces of the Cold War. Prerequisites: None. Course
Attribute(s): General Education Designation: Global
Awareness - [G] General Education Designation: Historical
Awareness - [H] General
Education Designation: Social and Behavioral Sciences - [SB] |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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HIS273 1999 Fall
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US Experience in Vietnam 1945 - 1975 |
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Identify and locate geographic features significant to the
Vietnamese conflict. (I) |
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Identify and describe cultural elements significant to the
Vietnamese conflict. (I) |
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Explain how the Vietnamese conflict fits within the Cold
War framework. (II) |
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Trace the evolution of U.S. involvement in Vietnam from
1945 to 1975. (II, III) |
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Identify key participants (both countries and individuals)
in the Vietnamese conflict. (II, III) |
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Describe U.S. social issues which influenced the course of
the Vietnamese conflict. (IV) |
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Summarize principal arguments presented to explain U.S.
failure in Vietnam. (V) |
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Identify and describe social, political, and economic
legacies of the Vietnamese conflict. (V) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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HIS273 1999
Fall – 2012 Spring |
US Experience in Vietnam 1945 - 1975 |
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I. Introduction to Vietnam:
land, history, and culture A. Geography B. History and culture C. The people of Vietnam D. The coming of the West E. French colonial rule F. The rise of nationalism 1. Vietnamese reaction to
French colonial rule 2. Emergence of Ho Chi Minh
as a political force II. Post WWII (1945-1963) A. Origins of the Cold War
(1945-1950) B. The first Indochina war
(1945-1954) C. The United States enters
the war 1. The Truman years 2. Eisenhower and Dienbienphu D. The Geneva Conference
(1954) E. The two Vietnams 1. South Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem (1955-1963) 2. North Vietnam under Ho
Chi Minh (1955-1969) III. U.S. at war A. Gulf of Tonkin incident
and resolution B. U.S. escalation in
Vietnam C. The combatants 1. National Liberation Army
2. Vietcong 3. Vietminh 4. U.S. troops 5. Other D. Unique nature of the war
1. Search and destroy 2. Guerrilla warfare E. The course of U.S.
involvement 1. Advisory role
(1955-1960) 2. Counterinsurgency
program (1961-1964) 3. U.S. enters into combat
(1965-1967) 4. The air war (1965-1967) 5. Pacification (1967) 6. The war turns bad
(1968-1972) 7. U.S. disengagement
(1972-1973) IV. U.S. at war: social
issues A. The draft and draft
resistance B. Racial issues 1. Minorities in the
military 2. U.S. troop attitudes
toward the Vietnamese C. Protest at home 1. Campus unrest 2. Anti-war activism D. Press coverage of the
war 1. Importance of television
2. Coverage of the Tet offensive 3. Controversy over press
coverage E. My Lai controversy V. Legacy of the Vietnamese
conflict A. U.S. failure in Vietnam B. Social and political
aspects 1. Casualties/POW/MIA 2. Agent Orange 3. Veterans issues:
obstacles to reconciliation 4. Boat people 5. Amerasian
children C. Economic costs D. Vietnam in American
literature |