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What were the causes and consequences of the French defeat in Indochina and the North American intervention and of other allied countries in the conflict. Why did the US lose in the Vietnam War?

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The Vietnam War, also called the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as the War of Resistance against the United States, was a military conflict fought between 1955 and 1975 to prevent the reunification of Vietnam under a communist government. In this 2-day seminar you will learn all the details of this important war, from the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and the French defeat in the First Indochina War. Going through the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964 and the North American intervention in the conflict, with several and important battles against the Vietcong and the regular forces of North Vietnam, until the withdrawal in 1975 from Saigon, which would put an end to the presence of the USA in Vietnam and would end the Second Indochina War.

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Meet the protagonists of the seminar

Guy C Sawn
Cordinator
LTG Guy G. Sawn
Lieutenant General. Vice President of the Association of the United States Navy (AUSA). With more than 35 years of service in the US Army.
Guy C Sawn
Cordinator
David Odalric de Caixal i Mata
Director of the Terrorism and Defense Area of INISEG. Military Historian, expert in International Geostrategy.
Laura Velandia
Moderator
Laura Velandia
Communication and marketing department of INISEG Colombia
Dr Eduardo Juarez
Dr Eduardo Juárez
Director of the INISEG Doctoral School Doctor in Geography and History. He is a professor of INISEG and Carlos III University of Madrid.
Dr Kirklin Bateman
Dr Kirklin Bateman
Is Chief Academic Officer, Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps University.
Marie Plus
Marie Plus
Professor of Military History at the Chair of Tactics and of Military History of the Center for Doctrine and Teaching of the Command (Paris Militar School)
Dr. Tyler R. White
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska
Dr Frank Blazich
Dr Frank Blazich
Historian, Division of Political and Military History / National Museum of American History.

Programming

Day 1 | February 23

16:00
Presentation and start of the seminar
LTG Guy C. Swan
David Odalric de Caixal i Mata
16:30
Military intelligence in the Vietnam War
Dr. Eduardo Juárez
17:10
The Siege of Khe Sanh and the Marines Involvement in Vietnam
Dr. Kirklin Bateman
18:05
Diên Biên Phu, 1954 : Résistance sans espoir d'un camp retranché français ?
Marie Plus
18.45
American military intelligence in the vietnam conflict
Dr. Tyler White
19:25
Chu Lai airfield during the Vietnam war
Dr. Frank Blazich
20 m
Question Time
Jesús Martínez de Merlo
Cordinator
Col. (R) Jesús Martínez de Merlo
INISEG Military History Master Professor, Colonel of Cavalry (Diploma in Mayor state). He was Head of the Regiment Numancia Cavalry.
Philippe D Rogers
Cordinator
Col.(R) Philippe D. Rogers
Graduated with degrees in History and French from the University of Virginia Colonel Rogers participated in international combat operations.
Brian Laslie
Dr Brian Laslie
Dr. Brian D. Laslie is the Command Historian at the United States Air Force Academy.
Don Snedeker
LtCol (R) Don Snedeker
Historian, 11th Armored Cavalry Veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia Confirmado.
Marie Plus
Dr. Erik Villard
Erik Villard is a Historian for Digital Military in the U.S. Army Center of Military History

Programming

Day 2 | February 24

16:00
Presentation of the second day
16:10
The forgotten Spanish military sent to the Vietnam war
Col (R) Jesús Martínez de Merlo
16:40
CAP (Combined Action Program) in Vietnam's Marine Sector
Col. Philippe D. Rogers
17:25
Air Power's Lost Cause? The American Air Wars of Vietnam
Dr Brian Laslie
18:05
Ground operations in Vietnam / The use of armored forces in a counterinsurgency
LtCol Don Snedeker
18:45
Viet Cong Sappers and Urban Terrorism in Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive
Dr. Erik Villard
20 m
Question time
Guy C Sawn
Dr. Jorge Corrado
Director of INISEG in Argentina. Director General of the IEEBA, Institute of Strategic Studies of Buenos Aires.
Guy C Sawn
Cordinator
Col.(R) Juan Ignacio Salafranca
INISEG Military History Master Professor, Colonel of Infantry (R), during his career to state in different international destinations.
Robert Kaufman
Professor Robert Kaufman
Robert G. Kaufman is a political scientist specializing in American foreign policy, national security, international relations.
Dr Kirklin Bateman
Professor Steve Recca
Steve Recca directs the University and Agency Partnership Program for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Australian Memorial
Australian Memorial
The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war or on operational service and those who have served our nation in times of conflict.

Programming

Day 3 | February 25

16:30
Presentation of the thirth day
16:40
The strategic concept in the Vietnam War. From Sun Tzu to Clausewitz
Profesor Jorge Corrado
17:20
The military campaign of the French army in Indochina, historical background of a defeat
Coronel Juan Ignacio Salafranca Álvarez
17:55
Why the U.S. won the Korean War but lost in Vietnam
Robert Kaufman
18:50
Ground operations in Vietnam / The use of armored forces in a counterinsurgency
Steve Recca
19:30
Title pending confirmation
Australian War Memorial
20 m
Question Time

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