The Vietnam Era A Nation in Turmoil

The Vietnam Era: A Nation in Turmoil

I. The French Phase of the War

A. World War II

B. Post-War Fighting

C. Dien Bien Phu (1954)

D. The Geneva Conference (1954)

II. The Beginning of U. S. Involvement

A. The Eisenhower Years

A. Eisenhower Years (cont. )

B. The Kennedy Years

C. The Johnson Years

C. The Johnson Years (cont. )

III. The 1964 Presidential Election

III. The 1964 Election (cont. )

IV. The Great Society

V. The Commitment of U. S. Ground Forces to Vietnam

V. U. S. Ground Forces (cont. )

VI. An Overall Strategy in Vietnam?

VI. Overall Strategy? (cont. )

VII. Increasing Costs of the Vietnam War

VIII. “The Awful Realization”: 1968 Tet Offensive

VIII. Tet Offensive (cont. )

IX. The 1968 Presidential Election

IX. 1968 Election (cont. )

X. Nixon and Vietnam

X. Nixon and Vietnam (cont. )

X. Nixon and Vietnam (cont. )

X. Nixon and Vietnam (cont. )

XI. The Nixon Years at Home

XI. The Nixon Years at Home (cont. )

XII. The 1972 Presidential Election

XIII. The Watergate Scandal

XIII. The Watergate Scandal (cont. )

XIII. The Watergate Scandal (cont. )

XIII. The Watergate Scandal (cont. )

XIII. The Watergate Scandal (cont. )

XIII. The Watergate Scandal (cont. )

XIV. Lessons of Watergate

XIV. Lessons of Watergate (cont. )

XIV. Lessons of Watergate (cont. )