eyewitness vietnam using oral and first person history
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Eyewitness VietnamUsing Oral and First Person History
Wiregrass History ConsortiumA Teaching American History Grant
http://www.cpresa.org/sghp
Levels of War
Strategic-interface of politics and military (President and Secretary of Defense)
Operational-movement of armies by generals
Tactical-movement of units on the battlefield
On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War by COL Harry Summers
I was swept by the feeling of hopelessness that burdens every man who speaks of war to those who have insufficient knowledge of what war is.
from A Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts
Oral History
The Siege of Firebase Ripcord
June – July 1970
Country Joe McDonald & The Fish - Woodstock
Country Joe McDonald - 2007
Woodstock – 2008
I finally made it!!
The Siege of Firebase Ripcord
Buildup
The Siege of Firebase Ripcord
Defeat
Inducted in 2000
Bob Kalsu, 61GuardUniv Oklahoma
Compare/Contrast
Draft
Effects of war on US
Lessons for Today
What else?
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