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Early American Involvement in Vietnam (1954–62)
- The division of Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Diem becomes leader of South Vietnam
- Diem's family dominates government
- Diem establishes Republic of Vietnam
- Violence in North Vietnam
- Growing American doubts about Diem
- Problems in the countryside
- Communists mobilize against Diem
- Kennedy pledges support
- Mounting criticism of Diem government
- United States increases military...
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- Vietnam and French Colonialism
- The Indochina War (1946–54)
- Early American Involvement in Vietnam (1954–62)
- The Fall of Diem (1963)
- Lyndon Johnson and the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
- Vietnam Becomes an American War (1965–67)
- The Tet Offensive (1968)
- The American Antiwar Movement
- The American Soldier in Vietnam
- Coming Home: Vietnam Veterans in American Society
- The War's Effect on the Vietnamese Land and People
- Nixon's War (1969–70)
- America Withdraws from Vietnam (1971–73)
- Victory for North Vietnam (1973–75)
- Vietnam Since the War (1976-Present)
- America Since the War (1976–Present)
