{"id":126,"date":"2024-01-19T22:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T22:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:56:43","slug":"vietnam-and-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/course-syllabus\/vietnam-and-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam and Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>Why did the US fail to achieve its objectives in Vietnam?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-429 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM.png\" alt=\"Chart\" width=\"1546\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM.png 1546w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-1536x292.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-900x171.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-coldwar\/files\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-02-at-8.55.10-AM-1280x243.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Was the strategy of &#8220;flexible response&#8221; the culprit?<\/li>\n<li>Would another containment strategy have worked better?<\/li>\n<li>Was the problem about the arrogance of the &#8220;best and the brightest&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>How did the &#8220;strange dread of American irrationality&#8221; affect policy choices?<\/li>\n<li>Why was it so difficult to &#8220;monitor implementation&#8221; in Vietnam?<\/li>\n<li>How did the failures in Vietnam create problems elsewhere for US policy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vietnam Timeline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1954 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ec0HZqJEuvc\">Fall of Dien Bien Phu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1963 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OewhlYeU2fo\">Assassination of Diem<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1964 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbslearningmedia.org\/resource\/fb9582a2-4c61-42ad-b4c9-9de446045c4a\/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution-video-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war\/\">Gulf of Tonkin Resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1965-68 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KqNxzTJBxDI\">Escalation<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N4gPx_uZ2Io\">anti-war protests<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1968 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPgWqgpgVRc\">Tet Offensive<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1970 \/\/ Invasion of Cambodia and Kent State protests<\/li>\n<li>1971 \/\/ Pentagon Papers &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mylaimassacre3161968.weebly.com\/\">trial of Lt. William Calley (My Lai)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1972 \/\/ China opening, Easter offensive, Detente (SALT \/ ABM)<\/li>\n<li>1973 \/\/ Paris peace accords\u00a0 (Vietnam agreement)<\/li>\n<li>1975 \/\/ Fall of Saigon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Recalling the Turning Point:\u00a0 Tet Offensive (1968)<\/h2>\n<p>Here are video clips of Walter Cronkite\u2019s original February 27, 1968 CBS Evening News Broadcast on the Tet Offensive, illustrating a turning point in the \u201cliving room war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dn2RjahTi3M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"560\" data-origheight=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did the US fail to achieve its objectives in Vietnam? Discussion Questions Was the strategy of &#8220;flexible response&#8221; the culprit? 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