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Narrative overview. Vietnam's long road to war ; Early U.S. involvement in Vietnam, 1945-1964 ; Lyndon Johnson's war ; The turning point ; Vietnamization ; The fall of Saigon ; Patience over power in Vietnam ; The American antiwar movement ; Legacy of the Vietnam War
Biographies. George Ball (1909-1994) ; Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) ; Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) ; Henry Kissinger (1923- ) ; Robert McNamara (1916- ) ; Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-1963) ; Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) ; Vo Nguyen Giap (1911- ) ; William C. Westmoreland (1914-2005)
Primary sources. Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ; President Eisenhower explains the "Domino Theory" ; Program of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front ; The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution ; America's policy of sustained reprisal in Vietnam ; Lyndon Johnson speaks of "peace without conquest" ; The SNCC speaks out on Vietnam ; A North Vietnamese soldier recounts the 1968 Tet Offensive ; Lyndon Johnson reacts to Tet ; American soldiers write home from Vietnam ; An American witness to the My Lai Massacre ; President Nixon explains Vietnamization ; The Paris Peace Accords ; "Facing it" : the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Biographies. George Ball (1909-1994) ; Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) ; Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) ; Henry Kissinger (1923- ) ; Robert McNamara (1916- ) ; Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-1963) ; Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) ; Vo Nguyen Giap (1911- ) ; William C. Westmoreland (1914-2005)
Primary sources. Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ; President Eisenhower explains the "Domino Theory" ; Program of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front ; The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution ; America's policy of sustained reprisal in Vietnam ; Lyndon Johnson speaks of "peace without conquest" ; The SNCC speaks out on Vietnam ; A North Vietnamese soldier recounts the 1968 Tet Offensive ; Lyndon Johnson reacts to Tet ; American soldiers write home from Vietnam ; An American witness to the My Lai Massacre ; President Nixon explains Vietnamization ; The Paris Peace Accords ; "Facing it" : the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.