The Origins of the Vietnam War

Welcome to The Origins of the Vietnam War
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We are extremely fortunate to have the retired Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Emmett Sullivan (ANU, La Trobe, Leicester, RHUL & VUW) to take us through, step by step, the accounts from World War Two, through to the end of the Vietnam war, the vital actions and decisions taken by leaders, policy makers presidents and prime ministers, that enabled Vietnam to happen.

"It is like dominos, when one falls the rest follows."

Beyond the academic value of the programme to politicians, history students and educators  this programme is for anyone who has travelled to the beautiful country of Vietnam, and is maybe interested to know more about their recent history and how such a terrible war, a complex war, could break out and take the lives of so many innocent people.

This is the largest course we have produced at Palleta and we are very proud of this production. We hope you enjoy it. Vietnam is an important war, like all wars, that teaches us much more about humanity and our world.

The echos and ripples of the wars of the 20 century seem to all morph into one big struggle and through the knowledge and insights, gained from the war in Vietnam, we can come to understand why this, in order to pave the way to a brighter future for all.

(please note that we are currently rebranding the course so some videos may still have old branding)