History 1BB3: America and the World: The Twentieth Century

Dr. Stephen M. Streeter

McMaster University, Winter 2002

 

Vietnam as "Technowar"

slides (html)
slides (pdf)

I. Lessons

"hawks" vs. "doves"
Vietnam Syndrome
Noam Chomsky on the lessons of Vietnam
napalm
"technowar"
rules of engagement (pdf)
mere gook rule

II. The My Lai Massacre

My Lai
Lt. William L. Calley
U.S. Military Assistance Command

 

Further Reading

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