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The Vietnam War/The American War - HIST2084
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description

Examines the second Indo-Chineses War as a major event in modern history. Focussing on incidents such as Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Conference, the Gulf of Tonkin, the Tet Offensive and the My Lai massacre, explores a number of themes including strategy and tactics; the involvement of Australia and other nations; class, race and gender; the antiwar movement; Nixon's policy of Vietnamisation; the American withdrawal; the escalation of war in Cambodia and Laos; and legacies of the war. Shows students how they can use a variety of sources when examining the past.

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