The Vietnam War, the nation’s longest, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. The United States spent over $140 billion on the war. However, for the first time in the nation’s history, it failed to achieve its war aims of preserving a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam. The war brought to an end domestic unity that had sustained U.S. cold war policies since the end of World War II. The legacy of the war had profound consequences for many people in the country.

This course does not have prerequsites. Student assessment will be based on presentations. This is a three-credit class.

The textbook for this course is Vietnam: An American Ordeal, 3e., by George Donelson Moss.

For information about the course content or procedures contact Dr. Charles Ynfante at charlesy@mesalands.edu or (575) 461-4413 ext. 192.