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TRUMAN DOCTRINE

TRUMAN DOCTRINE. -wars of national liberation??? -French Indochina Ho Chi Minh -containment domino theory -sent advisors?? -Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections - Viet-Cong begins fighting. GULF OF TONKIN. -Diem’s gov’t unpopular -Diem is assassinated -limited bombing already begun

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TRUMAN DOCTRINE

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  1. TRUMAN DOCTRINE -wars of national liberation??? -French Indochina Ho Chi Minh -containment domino theory -sent advisors?? -Ngo Dinh Diem cancels elections -Viet-Cong begins fighting

  2. GULF OF TONKIN -Diem’s gov’t unpopular -Diem is assassinated -limited bombing already begun -Gulf of Tonkin U.S. ship attacked LBJ asks for action (war) -statement was prepared before the attack -Operation Rolling Thunder begins bombing Vietnam

  3. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  4. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  5. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  6. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  7. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  8. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  9. DIFFERENT WAR -US War Leaders -Sec. Robert McNamara -Gen. William Westmoreland -Viet Cong used guerilla tactics -hard to differentiate friend from foe -American search and destroy tactics -napalm -Agent Orange

  10. COSTS OF WAR -low morale of soldiers -Great Society spending is reduced to pay for war effort -first television war -credibility gap develops -protest begin

  11. COSTS OF WAR -low morale of soldiers -Great Society spending is reduced to pay for war effort -first television war -credibility gap develops -protest begin

  12. OPPOSITION -Hawks -Doves -No end in sight to the war

  13. WAR PROTESTS -why are we fighting this war??? -working man’s war -unfair practices draft deferments objectors dodging

  14. WAR PROTESTS -why are we fighting this war??? -working man’s war -unfair practices draft deferments objectors dodging

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