Vietnam

I. Phase I: Advisors, 1961-1964

A.  Division of French Indochina
B.  Civil War
C.  U.S. Military Advisors
D.  Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Aug. 1964

II. Phase II: Escalation, 1965-1967

A. U.S. Ground Forces, Danang
B. U.S. Facing VC and NVA
C. VC Style Warfare

III. Phase III: Tet, 1968

A. The Tet Offensive, Jan. 1968
B. U.S. Military Victory
C. Defeat at Home
D. Johnson Withdraws from '68 Election

IV. Phase IV: Vietnamization, 1969-1973

A. Richard Nixon & "Peace with Honor"
B. U.S. Bombings in Laos & Cambodia
C. U.S. Ground Forces in Cambodia
D. Protests at Home--Kent State
E. Peace Talks

V. Phase V: Vietnam's War, 1973-75

A. Nixon's Promise to Thieu
B. Watergate
C. NVA Invasion, March 1975
D. Fall of Saigon, April 1975

VI.  Changes at Home, 1960-1970

A. Equal Rights Movement
B. Disillusionment

Terms:

NVA = North Vietnamese Army (Communist N. Vietnamese Army fighting against USA and ARVN)
VC = Viet Cong (Communist South Vietnamese guerillas fighting against USA and ARVN)
ARVN = Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnamese Army fighting with USA