Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: dissect how nationalism affected the nation of Vietnam; compare the important figures and events of the First Indochina War; summarize how President Roosevelt, President Truman, and President Eisenhower formed foreign policy during the First Indochina War; evaluate the consequences of the Geneva Conference; explain the Unites States' involvement in Vietnam, including the policy formation of President Kennedy and the plan for withdrawal made by President Nixon; analyze American dissent during the Vietnam War and how this opposition affected policy; differentiate between the many battles and conflicts of the Vietnam War, as well as the tactics behind their operation; summarize and debate how the Vietnam War impacted Vietnam's neighbors; outline the United States' role in the Cambodian-Vietnamese War; and estimate and infer the effects of the Vietnam War, both inside the United States and in Southeast Asia.