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The Vietnam War:
Controversies and Legacies
I. John Kennedy
II. Lyndon Johnson
III. The Historical Debate
IV. The Military Debate
V. Legacies
I. John Kennedy
“Let every nation know,
whether it wishes us well
or ill, that we shall pay
any price, bear any
burden, meet any
hardship, support any
friend, oppose any foe to
assure the survival and the
success of liberty.”
“Strategic Hamlet” Program
Madame Nhu
Barry
Goldwater
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Henry Cabot
Lodge
Diem, Brother, and General Minh
II. Lyndon Johnson
• Geopolitical
• Political
• Historical
• Personal
Fall of China (1949)
Red Scare
Policy by Pool
Lee Clark
III. The Historical Debate
Dean Rusk
McGeorge
Bundy
Robert
McNamara
William
Westmoreland
“Johnson Treatment”
IV. The Military Debate
• Strategy
• Tactics
• Politics
Ronald Reagan
Ho Chi Minh
V. Legacies
“Vietnam Syndrome”
“Munich Analogy”
Vietnam Viewpoints
• “Tragic Mistake”
• “Healthy Corrective”
• “Imperial President”
• “Noble Cause”
• “Unhealthy Cancer”
• “Imperiled President”
Dick Cheney
Iraq War (2003)
Afghanistan War
The Vietnam War:
Controversies and Legacies
I. John Kennedy
II. Lyndon Johnson
III. The Historical Debate
IV. The Military Debate
V. Legacies