Fallout after the Diem Coup

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Keywords
Diem coup military coup Vietnamese coup viet cong National Liberation Front NLF north vietnam south vietnam Robert McNamara General Nguyen Khanh Win Kaing Lyndon Johnson LBJ President Johnson President Diem Ngo Dinh Diem Ken Burns vietnam war Le Quan Cong Robert Rheault South Vietnamese coup military coup General Khanh Nguyen Khanh foreign policy Samuel Wilson Bui Diem foreign policy WETA curriculum development curriculum planning
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Fallout after the Diem Coup

In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & ​Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War, examine the situation after the coup of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, and assess the South Vietnamese government’s ability to defend itself against the insurgency of North Vietnam after the coup.
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PBS Learning Media

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