The Vietnam Wars

Catalog description

This course explores the interre - lated wars in Vietnam and the surrounding region between 1940 and the present. The course takes an international approach, combining lo - cal and national perspectives with a focus on the U.S. and Vietnam, but attention paid to the experiences and roles of the French, Cambodians, Laotians, Soviets, and Chinese. The course brings together military, so- cial, cultural, political, and diplomatic history to explore complex dy - namics of recent wars in the region.