May 19, 2019
"Once more into the breach, dear podcasters, once more." - Bill Shakespearsman
Comrade Jordan and I continue the journey through Kolko's Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience. This episode broadly covers events from 1960 to the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 along with the larger context of global capitalism on the war and the anti-war movement within the U.S.
Further Reading/References
- Glossary and Slang-terms from the Vietnam War
- Ngo Dihn Diem
- Declassified CIA Document on Coup Against Diem
- Nguyen Van Thieu
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Tet Offensive
- Operation Lam Son 719
- Nixon's Madman Theory
- Fragging by U.S. Troops in Vietnam
- Vietnamization
- Pacification
- Short Video on The Phoenix Program
- Nixon's Detente
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