Places: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh trail, Hue, My Lai, Khe Sanh
People: all the presidents involved in Vietnam (Truman-Nixon), Henry Kissinger, Robert Kennedy, George McGovern, Giap, Westmoreland, Diem, Calley, Ho Chi Minh & successors Le Duc Tho, Generals; Diem & successors Thieu;
Terms: domino theory, containment, Cuban Missile Crisis, propaganda, Green Berets, Vietcong, Vietminh, ARVN, NLF, DMZ, Geneva Peace Accords, 17th Parallel, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Blank Check, Paris Peace Agreements, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Hamburger Hill, battle of Khe Sanh, Kent State Shootings, Vietnamization, peace wtih Honor, Draft Lottery et al, Operation Rolling Thunder/ Menu, buo doy, boat people, hooches, strategic hamlets, MIA, POW, Hanoi Hilton, Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot;
Concepts: events leading to American involvement in Vietnam, nature of our being there, escalation, draft to tour of duty, experience in combat, home again; turning points of war, nature of warfare: guerilla, unknown enemy, My Lai, bombings, manpower, weaponry; building mistrust of government at home: Media, 'national security issues', growing dissent, Kent State, and what changed in American view of government in foreign policy involvement; comparing Vietnam with war on terrorism/Afghanistan; legacy of war in the memorial; Vietnam today, and guilt
You guys have the concepts, just continue to put your thoughts together, review time line and some of the details of the conflict. Good Luck
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