Undergraduate Catalog

HIST 450B ST: Vietnam;the War andýRebuilding

This course examines the history of American involvement in Vietnam, the experience of Americans (and,to some extent, Vietnamese) who fought the Second Indochina War (1954 - 1975), and the impact of the war on American society. The majority of the course will be spent on the diplomatic and political course of the American war in Vietnam as well as the domestic consequences it wrought in both the United States and Vietnam. The course will end with a discussion of the legacy of the Vietnam War and its lingering presence in American life.

Credits

3