Course Syllabus, Spring 2004

Week Beginning

January 26:	Issues: The Cold War, Colonialism, and Communism in Southeast Asia
February 2:	Issues: How and why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?
February 9:	Issues: The two Vietnams [Research paper topics must be approved by the end of the week]
February 16:	Issues: The American presence I: U.S. advisors
February 23:	Issues: Problems surrounding the South Vietnamese government
March 1:	Issues: The Tonkin Gulf Incident and its ramifications
March 8:	Issues: The American presence II: U. S. combat troops [Research bibliographies due]
March 15:	[Spring vacation]
March 22:	Issues: The American presence III: The air war
March 29:	Issues: The impact of the war at home in the United States
April 5:	Issues: Vietnamization
April 12:	Issues: The role of the media [Research papers due]
April 19:	Issues: Ethics in combat
April 26:	Issues: "Peace with honor" [Final exams distributed by email]
May 10:	[Final exams due back in Instructor's email by 1700 on Friday, May 14]