- The Vietnam War

Catalog description

This course will give students the resources to think through the major debates surrounding the Vietnam War: Was it a “good war,” strategically and morally? Why did the U.S. get involved in it? What was the war like for soldiers on both sides? How has the legacy of this war affected both societies? Because this was the first “televised war,” the course will use regular documentary footage as well as primary documents and interpretive essays, often set in opposition to each other.