Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Vietnam War
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Map of Vietnam
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The War During Johnson Nixon Administrations

• French involvement
• Geneva Accords
• Division of Vietnam
• Viet Minh-Viet Cong (NLF)
• Emperor Bao Dai
• Elections in Vietnam
• SEATO
• Ngo Dinh Diem (RVN)
• Nhu

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Fall of Dien Bien Phu
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Ho Chi Minh
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Anti-war protest against Diem
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Buddhist Monk Protest
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Duong Van Minh ousts Diem
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Battles and Conflicts

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Agent Orange
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Maddox and Turner Joy
• The Tet Offensive

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Napalm Explosion
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The Evils of War

• My Lai
• Lt. William Calley

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Lt. William Calley
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An End to Vietnam

• Repeal of Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Cooper-Church Amendment
• Christmas bombings
• Treaty of Paris
• Nixons secret treaty
• Nguyen van Thieu

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Cambodian Mercenaries
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Bombing of North Vietnam
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U.S. Bombing of Cambodia
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U.S. Marines leaving Saigon
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Student Rebellion

• Students for a Democratic Society
• The New Left
• Freedom of Speech Movement
• University of California, Berkeley

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The Counterculture

• Hippies
• Sexual revolution
• Drug culture
• Rock-n-roll

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The Hippie Soldier
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Hippies vs Soldiers
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The public reacts to Vietnam

• Sen. J. William Fulbright
• A downturn in the economy
• Protests student demonstrations
• teach-ins
• Mobilization against the war
• March against Death
• The Moratorium
• The Pentagon Papers
• Daniel Ellsberg

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Protests against Vietnam at home
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Kent State Protests lead to violence
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Nixon agrees to a cease-fire
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Nguyen Van Thieu
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The draft in Vietnam

• The lottery system

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Anti-war sentiment in veterans

• fragging

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U.S. Marines in Vietnam
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Results of the Vietnam War

• Costs
• Causalities
• Physical destruction
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1982
• Americas new policy towards war
• Foreign Assistance Appropriation Act

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The Vietnam Wall