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HIST 3487 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2022 | HIST 3487 Section 001: The Vietnam Wars: French Colonialism and U.S. Intervention in Indochina (66529)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- 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/66529/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 November 2012
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2022 History Classes