HIST1045A-W19
Vietnam War: Did Anyone Win?
The Vietnam War: Did Anyone Win?
Despite Old Testament injunctions not to "study war any more," in this course we will do exactly that, through the particular lens of America's experience in Vietnam. We will learn the war's contested history; compare cultures and goals of the primary antagonist groups, Vietnamese and American; talk with soldiers who fought, and activists who resisted; explore the war in popular culture; and examine complicating factors: race and civil rights, class and the draft, and women's under-reported roles. We will conclude by assessing war's costs, and debating the "lessons" Vietnam has to teach.
Despite Old Testament injunctions not to "study war any more," in this course we will do exactly that, through the particular lens of America's experience in Vietnam. We will learn the war's contested history; compare cultures and goals of the primary antagonist groups, Vietnamese and American; talk with soldiers who fought, and activists who resisted; explore the war in popular culture; and examine complicating factors: race and civil rights, class and the draft, and women's under-reported roles. We will conclude by assessing war's costs, and debating the "lessons" Vietnam has to teach.
- Term:
- Winter 2019
- Location:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219(MBH 219)
- Schedule:
- 10:30am-12:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at MBH 219 (Jan 7, 2019 to Feb 1, 2019)
7:00pm-9:30pm on Tuesday, Thursday at CHT 110 (Jan 7, 2019 to Feb 1, 2019) - Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Mike Heaney
- Subject:
- History
- Department:
- History
- Division:
- Humanities
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AAL CMP HIS SOA SOC WTR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 11485
- Subject Code:
- HIST
- Course Number:
- 1045
- Section Identifier:
- A