The additional reading assignments that you will do, if any, will be your choice. At that time we will decide what questions you will pursue with each of the topics you choose, the terms to identify, and the sources you might consult. Specific instructions for the review are available. To get a cross section two of them should be Vietnam veterans, and the third should have been an opponent of the war. If possible, also interview a Vietnamese emigrant or refugee.
Specific instructions are available.
Examples could be Vietnamization, Operation Phoenix, the Tonkin Gulf incident, Operation Rolling Thunder, to name a few possibilities. Specific instructions are available. You will keep a journal in which you will make regular entries. It will consist of brief summaries and commentaries on any articles, films, videos, poems, etc. that you read or view. The journal will be evaluated periodically during the span of the course.