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?