May 9-10

EQ:
What factors led to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam?
 
CW:
Unit 8 study guide
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1954-66:
guided note sheet
US policy in Vietnam under Eisenhower 
origins of US involvement in Vietnam--lecture and clips from The Vietnam War--Ken Burns
Episode #1
video clip/notes:
Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Accords-1954 (50:10--1:03:24)
NLF and Vietcong (1:15:31--1:17-ish)
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U.S. policy in Vietnam under JFK (1961-63)
Episode #2:
Buddhist crisis and assassination of Diem
59:13--1:20:00
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U.S. policy under LBJ--1963-65
1964: 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Episode #3 (46:00--55:00)
1965
Operation Rolling Thunder
Episode #3 (46:00--55:00)
Operation Rolling Thunder
March 1965--first American ground forces arrive in Vietnam
(1:17:00--1:49:00)
Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
anti-war protests begin


HW:
Read 26:2 pp. 1-6
credibility gap
controversy over the draft
Tet Offensive
LBJ: no 2nd term
1968 presidential election