The United States And The Indochina Wars

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

This course examines the origins of the conflict in Indochina, the American involvement in the war, the nature and course of the military operations, strains in U.S. civil-military relations, the social upheavals in the United States, reactions and diplomatic moves among states in Southeast Asia, the impact of the war on Vietnamese society, the withdrawal and peace negotiations, and the lessons and legacies of the war on contemporary affairs.