The Viet Nam War was a pivotal event in modern U.S. history:
(i) Why did the U.S. become involved in this conflict?
(ii) What were our strategic objectives in the war and how did U.S. policies, from 1962 to 1968, hope to achieve these objectives?
(iii) Why was the Tet Offensive (January 1968) so effective at breaking the "resolve" of the U.S. to fight the Viet Nam war?
(iv) How did events at home change the majority of Americans' views about the Viet Nam war?