ClassInfo - Spring 2021 History Classes

Spring 2021 | HIST 3487 Section 001: The Vietnam Wars: French Colonialism and U.S. Intervention in Indochina (66771)

Instructor(s): Mai Na Lee
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Delivery Mode
Online Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (29 of 40 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Spring 2024
(Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: French conquest. Colonial bureaucratic/economic transformations. Nationalist responses. First Indochina War. Emergence of nation-state. U.S. intervention. Impact of Vietnam War on current politics of Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, and on Southeast Asia.
Class Description:: Modern era from 1800. French conquest, bureaucratic, social, and economic changes. Vietnamese nationalism and adoption of communist ideologies. First Indochina War (1945-54) with France. Second Indochina War (1955-75) with US. US efforts to contain the spread of communism during Cold War paranoia. US intervention in the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia. Grading: Two midterms (30%), Discussions/Class Activities/Quizes (15%), 2 Movie Responses (15%), Research essay (20%), Final (20%).
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66771/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 13 November 2012

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