Vietnam and other Entanglements/Watergate

Vietnam and other Entanglements

I. War in Vietnam

A. Anti-Communist Context:
Containment and Domino Thinking

B. Escalation
1. Advisors:
2. Lyndon Baines Johnson "Great Society"
2. Gulf of Tonkin
3. Rolling Thunder
4. The Crucial Year: 1968
a. Anti-War Movement—SDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdeCxJmcAo fixin to die rag country joe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg war Edwin starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AvrZCYvVQI ohio Crosby stills nash young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds masters of war dylan

b. The Tet Offensive
c. Enter Tricky Dick: "secret plan"

II. Watergate
A. Break-In/Cover-Up
B. Reform:
1. War Powers Act of 1973
2. Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act
3. Fair Campaign Act of 1974
4. Freedom of Information Act
5. --Attitude Adjustment--

III. Losing a War:




Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, 1945
"All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free. The Declaration of the French Revolution…states: "All men are born free and with equal rights, and must always remain free and have equal rights." Those are undeniable truths. Yet, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice. In the field of politics, they have deprived our people of every democratic liberty.