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The Vietnam War 1950-1975 (Credibility Gap (Tet Offensive, LBJ announces…
The Vietnam War 1950-1975
Causes
To contain communism
France loses control of Vietnam so we aid them financially
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution made us get involved militarily
The Domino Theory
Post-WWII Conflicts
Cold War climate
Legacy of the war
Credibility Gap
58,000 American lives lost
War Powers Act
Limitations on President's power of military actions abroad
Vietnam is still a communist nation today
Credibility Gap
Tet Offensive
LBJ announces that he isn't running for re-election
Pentagon Papers Revealed
My Lai Massacre Revealed
Walter Cronkite's Commentary
Watergate Scandal
Invasions of Cambodia & Laos
Kent State Massacre/Shooting
President's Involved
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
North Vietnam/ Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong (North Vietnamese Army)
use of guerilla warfare
did not wear traditional military uniforms
use of underground tunnels
surprise attacks
Wanted communism
South Vietnam/United States/France
Ngo Dinh Diem
put into power by the United States
supported Catholicism
Became a dictator despite being against communism
U.S. secretly responsible for his assassination
Rolling Thunder
Perspectives on the war
Hawks: support for the war
Doves: anti-war movement