A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Teaching the Vietnam War
A nation must think before it acts.
Teaching the Vietnam War
Date : Sat., May 06, 2000 to Sun., May 07, 2000 Category : Butcher History Institute
The debate over Vietnam has been described as an “argument without end” that continues to affect not only how we view the war that ended in 1975 but how we look at America’s role in the world twenty-five years later. The end of the Cold War and the emergence of new archival research offer a special opportunity to learn what went wrong, what lessons we might take from that experience to avoid future Vietnams, and what we ought to teach our students about America’s longest war. FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education is pleased to announce a weekend-long history institute on “Teaching the Vietnam War,” featuring a series of lectures and discussions by leading historians and political scientists. This program is specially designed for secondary school teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty.
Teaching the Vietnam War Conference Summary by Stephen Winterstein
Topics and Speakers
Welcoming Remarks
President
Keynote Address: The Lessons of Vietnam
Alumni Professor of History, University of Kentucky
The Origins of the War
Nichols Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
LBJ and Strategy
Charles & Mary Beard Professor of History, Rutgers University
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Paris Accords
Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania
The Antiwar Protests: Myths and Realities
Senior Fellow
Senior Staff Member, National Security Study Group, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Related Article(s):
Vietnamese Perspectives
Research Director of Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University
Panel: What Should We Teach about the Vietnam War?
Director of History Academy
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Paul DicklerSenior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
Neshaminy High School
Related Article(s):
Location
Venue
Gregg Conference Center
PA Bryn Mawr 19010
Registration links
Register Deadline
What Participants Receive:
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Thirty participants will be selected to receive:
* free room and board
* assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute
* stipends of $200 in exchange for curriculum units based on the History Institute, plus a representative selection of student work
* partial travel scholarships available for participants outside the East Coast
* free books by FPRI authors