The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38

In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War as it unfolded in Asia. As John pointed out last week, the Cold War was occasionally hot, and a lot of that heat was generated in Asia. This is starting to sound weird with the hot/cold thing, so let s just say that the United States struggle against communist expansion escalated to a full-blown, boots-on-the-ground war in Korea and Vietnam. In both of these cases, the United States sent soldiers to intervene in civil wars that it looked like communists might win. That s a bit of a simplification, but John will explain it all to you. Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit s free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. While The Vietnam War was happening very far away from home, it had a major impact on American soldiers and civilians: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/introduction-to-the-vietnam-war Americans with televisions had the war broadcasted right into their living rooms, leading to an immense Vietnam War resistance effort: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/resistance-to-the-vietnam-war Want to learn more about the Cold War? Check out these other videos from Crash Course: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0 George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-K19rVDxoM The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8i38Yq1wX4 Post-War Rebuilding and the Cold War: Crash Course European History #41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rkIqtV07HE Chapters: Introduction: The Cold War in Asia 00:00 The Korean War 0:28 Eisenhower s Election 3:05 Cost of the Korean War 3:20 Mystery Document 4:18 Ho Chi Minh 5:19 American Involvement in Vietnam 5:55 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 7:02 Operation Rolling Thunder 8:13 Fighting in Vietnam 8:41 Public Opinion and the Vietnam War 9:38 Nixon s Plan to Leave Vietnam 10:34 Anti-War Sentiments 11:19 The End of the Vietnam War 11:52 Credits 13:09 -- Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids