Using the weekly questions as a springboard for your essay, “On whose shoulders bears more of the weight on the decision to become embroiled in Vietnam: JFK or Johnson?”

Essay: Using the weekly questions as a springboard for your essay, “On whose shoulders bears more of the weight on the decision to become embroiled in
Vietnam: JFK or Johnson?”
you MUST ncorporate a ‘thesis statement’ into your introductory paragraph and use an EXCELLENT
variety of sources to defend your argument. Your essay must be typed, preferably
single-spaced, and referenced using Chicago style.

IMPORTANT: REFER TO THESE READINGS PROVIDED BELOW IN THE ESSAY – REFER TO THESE SOURCES – USE THESE READINGS TO AID THE ARGUMENT:

Readings:
Gary R. Hess, “South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the
Question of Escalation or Disengagement,” in The Columbia History of the Vietnam War,
ed. David L. Anderson (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011), 143-67.

Melvin Small, “’Hey, Hey, LBJ!’ American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War,” in The
Columbia History of the Vietnam War, ed. David L. Anderson (New York: Columbia
University Press, 2011), 333-55.

David Geary, “The Downpour of Absurdities,” Stephen Fortunato, Jr. and Others, “Thou
Shalt Not Kill,” and John Otis Sumrall, “Freedom At Home,” and David Taube, in We
Won’t Go: Personal Accounts of War Objectors, ed. Alice Lynd (Boston: Beacon Press,
1968), 66-91, 114-5

Academic integrity: Please be scrupulous when referencing your essay as failure to do
so may result in plagiarism, an academic offence whether intentional or not. All written
work must be your own. All quotations and material drawn from another source must
be properly cited. Failure to acknowledge your sources constitutes plagiarism, which
can have serious consequences

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