Vietnam War

• Domino theory

  President Eisenhower

  If one country turned communist, the surroundings countries will also follow
• Dien Bien Phu

  May 1954: French surrended
• Ngo Dinh Diem's regime

  1954 - 1953
• USA sent military assistance advisory group to Vietnam

  1962
• Tokin Gulf resolution

  August 1964

  North Vietnamese patrol boats fired US ships

  President: can take 'all necessary measures to prevent aggression'
• Operation Rolling Thunder

  February 1965

  Bombing campaign: North Vietnamese cities, factories, and army bases
• Tet Offensive

  January 1968 – September 1968
• My Lai massacre

  16 March 1968
• US pulled out all the last American forces

  March 1973