Chapter 1: Origins of American Intervention in Southeast Asia
Chapter 2: The French Indochina War, 1946–1954
Vietnamese Declaration of Independence
Homework
NOTE: The basic directions that apply to all the written assignments are available in Doc Sharing.
Although the Viet people have a long history, our course begins in the 19th century with Vietnam as part of a larger area called French Indochina, a colony of France. The colonization took decades, but for our purposes the process of French control was complete in 1893.
Many nations of historic significance matured to the point where they sent out colonial settlers to faraway lands and over time eventually extended dominion over those lands. The United States also came into
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But don’t worry! Citation is simple once you get the hang of it. There is an APA Handbook available in Student Resources.
If you have any further questions about any of the assignments, please contact your instructor.
TEXT BOOK:
Vietnam: An American Ordeal, Sixth Edition by George Donelson Moss
HUMN415 – Vietnam and the Twentieth Century Experience
Assignment Instructions for the Weekly Homework Papers
Here is some basic information on the writing of weekly short assignment papers for our course.
These same directions apply to all the written assignments, so they are placed here and not repeated through the course.
BASICS: Write a short essay of your own authorship addressing the topic given in the Assignments Tab of the week. In some weeks you have a choice of two topics. The choice is yours. Please do follow the directions carefully so that you do not omit portions of the assignments. Helpful steps:
1. What: It would be wise to rephrase the assignment question in your own words so that it expresses the scope and method of your work on the assigned topic. 2. Source: Beyond the online textbook, have there been any outside sources or influences that have impacted what you write? Be specific about the circumstances in which you formulated your own understanding of the topic and your handling of it. 3. Citations: If you cite or quote from the online text, giving the page number will be
Use the lecture folder to help you complete this guide. The more detail you can provide the better prepared for the test you will be.
In-text citations should note the author(s) and the publication date for a paraphrase. For a direct quotation, citations should include author(s), date, and page number. See the following examples:
Hess argues that the threat of the USSR and Communism “left the US no choice but to stand up to the challenge posed by Vietnam”. Direct confrontation was impossible as the USSR was a nuclear power, therefore the only choice available was “a policy of containment”; previous success in Korea gives validity to this view. Hess states Vietnam was the centre of the “Domino Theory”, that a communist Vietnam “would inexorably lead to the collapse of other non-communist states”. All communist states were believed to be puppets of the USSR so an increase in Soviet allies would tip the global power balance against the US.
Refer as needed to material in Chapters 12 and 13. Read the instructions carefully and answer all questions clearly and concisely. Include examples to highlight your comments.
Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website.
DIRECTIONS: Compose a thesis controlled essay answering the following question based on YOUR analysis of the documents provided below. Take into account both the sources of the documents and the point of view of the authors. DO NOT SIMPLY WRITE A SUMMARY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENT.
Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website.
In her book The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990, author Marilyn Young examines the series of political and military struggles between the United States and Vietnam, a nation that has been distinctively separated as the South and the North. Young chooses to express the daily, weekly, monthly progresses of the affairs collectively called the Vietnam Wars, focusing on the American interventions in the foreign soil. She seeks to provide an answer to a question that has haunted the world for years: What was the reason behind the United States interfering in the internal affairs of a foreign country in which it had no claims at all? Young discloses the overt as well as covert actions undertaken by the U.S. government officials regarding the foreign affairs with Vietnam and the true nature of the multifaceted objectives of each and every person that’s involved had.
through 10 in Unit 3: Corrections.WRITE MINUMUM 4 SENTENCES FOR EACH PARAPGRAPH. PROVIDE ORGINAL WORK. WRITE THEM ON YOUR OWN WORDS. GONNA USE TURNITIN TO CHECK PLAGARISIM. TYPE EACH QUESTION BEFORE ANSWER THEM.
Using your paraphrase and notes of the text, write a four- to six-sentence journal entry. Write your own topic sentence. Then provide two supporting examples and a closing sentence to back up the topic sentence.
Moss, G.D. (2010), Vietnam an American ordeal (6th ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
Instructions: For this writing assignment, you will select one article from the Suggested readings posted on Blackboard, and type a response for each of the questions listed below. Please find additional guidelines in the file “Writing assignment guidelines” posted on Blackboard.
The brutal and vicious strategies used during the second Indochina war eloquently were brought to light by James W. McCoy in “Secrets of the Viet Cong.” McCoy describe the stories and acts that occurred during the second Indochina war that had taken place on all sides of the field. The main focus of this book is the U.S pitted against the V.C as well as the many other obstacles faced in the country of Vietnam. War in general is a very interesting topic, especially the Vietnam war. The fact that the superpower America had failed to compete and to win against the small country of North Vietnam makes this specific war as interesting as it is. Not to mention the warfare tactics and strategies used by either side makes it an enthralling topic to
Your Research Question- Give your research question (may be a working question). Give background for your question.
BIBLIOGRAPHYConflict in Indochina Contested Spaces Thomas CantwellWar without End - James HarpurHTA Modern History Study GuideExcel HSC Modern History Study Guidehttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnamhttp://www.vietnam-war.info/quotes/quotes4.phphttp://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/international_studies/indochina/