Times of Change- Tuesday

A Dubious Crusade by James A. Warren

Look up both words in the title of the short essay. What do they mean?
Dubious: doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
Crusade: any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause

Relate the title to the reading. What is Warren saying? How do you think this will relate to the rest of our study if Vietnam?
Warren is saying that Americans weren't sure anymore if they were going to win the battle against communism. I think that the rest of the study will be about Americans panicking and what the government is doing to calm everyone down and help them fight.


History by Thuong Vuong-Riddick

What is the overall theme of Vuong-Riddick's poem?
Vietnam was never free of conflict or free.


The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution … by Goldberg

What is the main thesis of the essay?
Lyndon Johnson began the war.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Defense against the Vietnamese in the Gulf.
What evidence does the author give to support his thesis?
The evidence is what the Senator who opposed Lyndon Johnson was saying.
How does this link to the theme of the first reading, “A Dubious Crusade”?
The people were scared and unsure. The government was lying to them and people died in doubtful battles.