Courses

Examines the causes and consequences of the American intervention in Vietnam. It presents both the American and Vietnamese perspectives to the conflict, highlighting both American motives and calculations and Vietnamese agency and initiatives. It also discusses the role of China, the Soviet Union and U.S. allies in the war.

An analysis of both traditional Vietnamese culture and the character of French and American involvement in the country. Concurrent with HIST 4770.

An exploration of the major historiographical works and historiographical controversies of the Vietnam War, focusing on the historical period of 1946-1975.

An examination of the historical background, events, and impact of the Vietnam War.

A historical examination of how, and why, the United States became involved in Vietnam during the second half of the twentieth century. Examines American foreign policy in Vietnam, the domestic impact of the war, movements against the war, and how race, class, and gender informed the composition of the armed forces, as well as larger questions related to issues such as nationalism, patriotism, dissent, and power.

A social, political, and military history of the French and American wars in Vietnam during the Cold War era.

An examination of the conflicts in Southeast Asia during the 20th century, the course will focus on the American involvement in Vietnam and the war’s legacy in the modern United States.

Vietnam's relations with the West; French colonialism; origins and development of Vietnamese nationalism; Cold War and American involvement; wartime societies in North and South Vietnam; expansion of the war to Cambodia and Laos; anti-war movements in the United States; reasons for the American defeat; consequences and lessons of the war.

Vietnam's relations with the West; French colonialism; origins and development of Vietnamese nationalism; Cold War and American involvement; wartime societies in North and South Vietnam; expansion of the war to Cambodia and Laos; anti- war movements in the United States; reasons for American defeat; consequences and lessons of the war.

Exploration of how classical and Christian virtues are important to the cultivation of the good life. Through works by Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Augustine, and Aquinas, students will come to a deeper understanding of the virtuous life as understood by the ancients and by Christianity. The Micah Fellows section of UFVI 101 will focus specifically on the virtue of justice in addition to the entire concept of virtue.