• Course Code: 01:512:356
  • Semester(s) Offered: Spring
  • Academic Credits: 3
  • Syllabus: Spring 2021

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This course examines the causes and effects of the war in Vietnam, with special emphasis on the United States and its role.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to: Vietnam’s place in twentieth-century Franco-American relations; the influence of the early Cold War and the Korean War on American policymakers; American diplomatic and military activity in support of South Vietnam; American public opinion towards Vietnam; and postwar immigration and opening of diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.