Transcript Foreign Policy in the 1960s

Foreign Policy in the 1960s
I. Vietnam
Antiwar music
A. Origins
B. Kennedy and the War
C. Johnson and Escalation
D. The Beginning of the End
II. The Cold War Heats up
A. Berlin Crisis
B. Cuban Missile Crisis
French IndochinaOccupied by Japan during WW II
Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.
Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.
• Fought Civil War with French from 19451954
Ho Chi Minh
• Led the Vietnamese freedom fighters during
WW II
• Communist leader of N. Vietnam after War.
• Fought Civil War with French from 19451954
• French lost at battle of Dien Bien Phu and
United States supported South Vietnam
against the Communist North.
Ngo Diem
Leader of South Vietnam
Vietnam under J.F. Kennedy
Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.
Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.
• Increases number of advisors from 2000 in
1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963.
Vietnam under JFK
• Kennedy continues Eisenhower policy of
supporting Diem government.
• Increases number of advisors from 2000 in
1960 to 16,000 by the end of 1963.
• Buddhist majority in Vietnam protests the
brutal treatment from Diem (R. Catholic)
• Leads to:
Self-immolation of Buddhist
Monk-1963
Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965
Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965
• 300,000 by 1966
Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson
• Increased Troop strength from 16,000 in
1963 to:
• 184,000 by 1965
• 300,000 by 1966
• 500,000 by 1968
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• Johnson told Congress that two American
ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• Johnson told Congress that two American
ships had been fired upon by N. Vietnamese
• Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
which gives Pres. Johnson authority to do
whatever it took to protect American
interests in Vietnam.
The My Lai Massacre
Execution of suspected Vietcong
by Saigon’s Police Chief
American troops in Vietnam
• Ballad of the Green Berets - Sing Along
Music + Lyrics with Sgt. Barry Sadler by
Brownielocks.
• Country Joe and the Fish: “Fixin’ to Die
Rag”
US Troops leaving Saigon
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev-Premier of the
Soviet Union
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
• 1959-Castro controls Cuba
• 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
• 1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
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1959-Castro controls Cuba
1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna
1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up.
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
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1959-Castro controls Cuba
1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna
1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up.
1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
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1959-Castro controls Cuba
1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna
1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up
1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
1963- Safe Arms talks begin
Timeline of foreign policy crisis
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1959-Castro controls Cuba
1961- Bay of Pigs invasion fails
1961- Khrushchev dominates JFK at Vienna
1961- Berlin crisis: Berlin Wall goes up
1962- Cuban Missile Crisis
1963- Safe Arms talks begin
- Hot Line installed
- “Thaw” in Cold War