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More than 58,000 American troops and military personnel died in the humid jungles and muddy rivers of Vietnam during the 20-year conflict called the Vietnam War. Why? What were they fighting for? And how could the worlds most powerful and technologically advanced military be defeated by a small, poverty-stricken country? These questions have haunted the U.S. government, the military, and the American public for nearly a half century.
In The Vietnam War, kids ages 12 to 15 explore the global conditions and history that gave rise to the Vietnam War, the reasons why the United States became increasingly embroiled in the conflict, and the varied causes of its shocking defeat. As readers learn about how the fear of the spread of communism spurred the United States to enter a war that was erupting on the other side of the world, they find themselves immersed in the mood and mindset of the Vietnam Era.
Through links to online primary sources, including speeches, letters, photos, and songs, readers become familiar with the reality of combat life for young American soldiers, the frustration of military advisors as they failed to subdue the Viet Cong, and the empty promises made by U.S. presidents to soothe an uneasy public. The Vietnam War also pays close attention to the development of a massive antiwar movement and counterculture that divided the country into hawks and doves. In-depth essential questions help middle schoolers analyze primary sources and develop their own evidence-supported views on a range of issues.
The Vietnam War also fosters critical thinking skills through projects such as creating antiwar and pro-war demonstration slogans, writing letters from the perspective of a U.S. soldier and a south Vietnamese citizen, and building arguments for and against the medias coverage of the war. Additional learning materials include engaging illustrations, maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and resources for further independent learning.
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Vietnam WarTIMELINE
Circa 3000 BCE | The first-known settlers live in what would become northern Vietnam. |
208 BCE | Chinese General Trieu Da forms the Kingdom of Nam Viet. |
111 BCE | Nam Viet falls under Chinese rule for the next 1,000 years. |
938 CE | The Viet people overthrow the Chinese at the Battle of Bach Dang. |
1613 | Occasional civil war occurs between northern and southern Viet people. |
1700s | European colonization spreads across Southeast Asia. |
1802 | Emperor Nguyen Anh reunifies the country, calling it Viet Nam. |
1858 | France attacks the Vietnamese port of Da Nang in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic priests. |
1862 | The French take control of Saigon through the Treaty of Saigon. |
1890 | Ho Chi Minh is born. |
1893 | The French divide Vietnam into three sectors, part of French Indochina. |
1930 | Ho Chi Minh founds the Vietnamese Communist Party. |
1940 | The Japanese invade Vietnam during World War II. |
1941 | Ho Chi Minh establishes the Viet Minh. |
1945 | The Viet Minh seize control of Hanoi from the Japanese. |
December 1946 | The French-Indochina War begins. |
July 1950 | President Harry S. Truman authorizes sending $15 million to aid the French military. |
1954 | The Viet Minh overcome the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The Geneva Accords are established, dividing Vietnam into North and South at the seventeenth parallel. |
1955 | Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem becomes president of South Vietnam. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends hundreds of U.S. military advisors to South Vietnam to train and strengthen the South Vietnam military and government. |
1959 | Ho Chi Minh declares a Peoples War to unite all of Vietnam. North Vietnam begins widening the Ho Chi Minh Trail for sending supplies and troops to the South. |
December 1960 | The National Liberation Front is formed in South Vietnam. Members are unofficially called Vietcong. |
January 1961 | John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th U.S. president. |
November 1963 | President Diem is overthrown and killed. President Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president of the United States. |
August 1964 | North Vietnam torpedo boats fire on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, granting the president broad powers to use military force in Indochina. |
November 1964 | |
February 1965 | The Vietcong stage multiple guerrilla attacks on U.S. military bases and the South Vietnamese Army. |
March 1965 | The first U.S. combat troops arrive in South Vietnam. Protests begin at American universities. |
August 1965 | Operation Starlite provides the first decisive victory for U.S. troops in Vietnam. |
November 1965 | An antiwar rally of 35,000 people takes place in Washington, DC. |
1967 | Support for the war drops as 11,153 U.S. troops die in Vietnam. |
January 1968 | The North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive. |
March 1968 | President Johnson announces he wont run for reelection and starts negotiations with North Vietnam. |
January 1969 | Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th U.S. president. |
August 1969 | The United States begins to withdraw troops. |
September 1969 | Ho Chi Minh dies. |
November 1969 | The public learns of the My Lai Massacre. The largest antiwar protest to date occurs with 500,000 marching on Washington, DC. |
February 1970 | U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger begins secret negotiations with diplomat Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam. |
Spring 1970 | President Nixon announces the Cambodia invasion. The Kent State shootings occur. |
June 1971 | Excerpts from the Pentagon Papers are published in The New York Times . |
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