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PSCI 100(W) SEM The United States and the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was America's first and most consequential "forever" war. Beginning with our assistance to the French colonial forces in the aftermath of the Second World War to thefinal defeat of our South Vietnamese allies in 1975, a succession of Democratic and Republican presidents sought and failed to prevent a communist victory. Over 58,000 Americans lost their lives and it is estimated that well over three million North and South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were killed. The war also bitterly divided Americans, led to the rise of a popular counterculture in music and film, and fundamental changes in our political culture. Why did America become involved in a French colonial conflict in Southeast Asia? How did French Indochina become divided into North and South Vietnam? What were the two sides in Vietnam fighting for and why was the North far more politically and militarily successful than the South? Why did two liberal Democratic presidents introduce over 500,000 American troops to South Vietnam in the 1960s despite widespread skepticism of our intervention? Why did the American military adopt the strategy it did and why did it fail? Why did it take almost five years to negotiate an end to a war after the Tet Offensive of 1968 convinced many Americans that we should end the war as rapidly as possible. This course is designed to enable students to reach their own conclusions about these questions and other aspects of the Vietnam War. In additi Taught by: James McAllister

Subject: PSCI
Type: course
Edition: 2026
Source: catalog.williams.edu

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