For close to thirty years, American foreign policy was shaped by the
Truman Doctrine. In this exercise your students will explore its role in
leading the United States into Vietnam and its inability to accurately
capture the more complex realit...
Analysts have offered a number of explanations for America's failure to achieve its objectives in Vietnam. Some argue that the military was held in check for domestic political reasons; others say that it was the threat of Soviet and/or Chinese m...