HIST 1465 — Military Hist/Vietnam War 3 Credit Hours
This course presents the history of the Vietnam War. As background for the war, this course will first examine the political, diplomatic, economic and military events from 1914 that led to the development of Vietnamese Nationalism and the American commitment to the war. The course will then cover the escalation of the war through the various American admin- istrations. Military strategy will be discussed along with the political, diplomatic and economic context in which it occurred. The anti-war movement, publc opinion, literature and the media and the war will be discussed. Finally the peace accords, which may or may not have worked from this conflict, will be studied along with a look at the consequences of the conflict and the lessons learned. Fulfills: Arts and Humanities JOURNALISM