1970-75 Dynamic Times in the US and South Vietnam
Dates: | August 5-9, 2024 |
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Meets: | Monday, August 5, Wednesday, August 7 and Friday, August 9, 2024, 10 a.m. to 12 noon |
Location: | Online Course |
Cost: | $60.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Please note: this course requires membership in Annual Membership or Annual Membership or Annual Membership or Ingleside at King Farm Membership or Ingleside at King Farm Membership or Asbury Associate Membership or Asbury Associate Membership or The Seneca Membership or Vantage Point Membership or Summer 2024 Online Membership or Semi-Annual Membership or The Village at Rockville Membership
We will discuss key persons and events in the US and South Vietnam during the last years as President Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger tried to wind down the war. The class will cover Vietnamization, the invasions of Cambodia and Laos, anti-war protests, race relations, the Pentagon Papers, 26th Amendment, Cooper-Church Amendment, 1972 North Vietnamese Easter invasion, Linebacker operations, and the Paris Peace Accords. We will examine how much America changed during 1973 with the War Powers Act, Volunteer Army, Roe v. Wade, Watergate, the 1st oil shock, “stagflation,” and the metric system. We will discuss how President Ford and his administration worked on issues ranging from “Whip Inflation Now,” car safety and fuel economy to the responses to the fall of Cambodia and South Vietnam. We will discuss the evacuation of Saigon and joint service operations to retake the SS Mayaguez and how these events affected future US domestic, international, and military policy planning.
Fee: | $60.00 |
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Online Course
Don Stanton
Don Stanton was commissioned through Cornell University Navy ROTC and holds an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. He served off Vietnam aboard a destroyer and aircraft carrier, and later flew as a P-3C anti-submarine patrol pilot and for 3 airlines. Don was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and currently represents Jefferson County on the Colorado Transportation Commission. He has taught Osher courses on the Cold War, Vietnam, and Aviation Trailblazers and self-published Looking Back at the Cold War; 30 Veterans and a Patrol Plane Commander Remember.
Date | Day | Time | Location |
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08/05/2024 | Monday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Course |
08/07/2024 | Wednesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Course |
08/09/2024 | Friday | 10 AM to 12 N | Online Course |
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