- Begin by reading Gorn 14. Take critical notes as you peruse the material about the Vietnam War.
- Also, read Hollitz chapter 11 – Causation and the Lessons of History: Explaining America’s Longest War. “This chapter presents two secondary courses and several primary sources dealing with America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.”
- Essay assignment – Using both chapters answer the following questions:
- Are the historians arguments in the essays supported by the evidence in the primary sources? The historians’ arguments are from the Hollitz book – Fighting in Cold Blood: LBJ’s Conduct of Limited War in Vietnam (1994) by George Herring (pg.285) and God’s Country and American Know-How (1986) by Loren Baritz. Make sure to articulate the authors’ argument and support with details from the text.
- Do the primary sources suggest that the main reason for the US failure in Vietnam was the inherent difficulty of fighting a limited war, false assumptions rooted in US culture or some other factor? Use the primary sources from the Gorn book and Hollitz book.
- How did the film impact your perspective of the The Vietnam War and US involvement?
- Essay should be 2 to 3 pages long. Make sure to develop an introduction, body, and conclusion to your paper.
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