Promoting a Coup in South Vietnam

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Classroom Material
Keywords
Vietnam War Ken Burns Vietnam Southeast Asia President Kennedy JFK Kennedy Indochina US foreign policy US intervention South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge Ambassador Lodge Ngô Đình Diệm Ngo Dinh Diem President Diem President Diệm Ngô Đình Nhu Ngo Dinh Nhu coup d'état coup Pagoda Raids CIA Central Intelligence Agency Roger Hilsman Cold War Cold War coups Robert McNamara Fritz Nolting WETA
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Promoting a Coup in South Vietnam

President Kennedy and his advisers were sharply divided regarding the decision to promote a coup in South Vietnam.

NOTE: This video is part of a lesson plan titled Kennedy and the Diem Coup: The Torch Is Passed.
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PBS Learning Media

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