Vietnam was simply a "news" item in the media, as any other event(s) during that era. Personnel lives were not effected, other than military families; until the military draft began effecting people's lives...then attitudes changed, for the worse.
Senator Barry Goldwater, retired military men, many "blue collar" workers and middle class (the silent majority) members, and even some extreme members of the John Birch Society, were known as “hawks.” As President Johnson escalated the war effort, and became a hawk himself, his chief critics became known as “doves” and included antiwar protesters, college students and faculty, liberal Democrats, and many other people in various walks of life who felt that the war was immoral, dragging on to no benefit for the US, and was causing increased casualty lists to mount. Many believed the US was fighting a war against the wishes of the majority of the Vietnamese people. These critics felt the war was a civil war in Vietnam between north and south and we had no business interfering. Some supported the communist effort in Vietnam and hoped for a defeat of the “imperialist capitalist” United States. Many Americans felt we were fighting a small, unimportant county, while the real enemy was China and the Soviet Union. There were many demonstrations against the war which took the form of sit ins in college and high school campuses, marches both for and against the war, and editorials written for and against the war. One of the most infamous demonstrations took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters and four were killed and eleven were wounded. Nixon had been elected on a promise to Vietnamize the war, meaning more fighting would be turned over to the South Vietnamese army, and to start bringing home American troops. When the President ordered US troops into Cambodia and ordered more bombings, the result was a tremendous uproar at home with more marches and demonstrations. Congress reacted to the antiwar feeling and repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the President the authority to send troops and fight the war in Vietnam. Our purpose in the war is debated to this day.
Generally speaking, Australian views ran in concert with the views of the US.
it was because of conunism and democacy. they both had diffrent views, I presume the words meant were 'Vietnam', 'Communism', 'Democracy'.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
No, the Vietnam War was in Vietnam
i think it was 16 i am not positive but i think
Part of the cold war.
Generally speaking, Australian views ran in concert with the views of the US.
Conservative and a firm supporter of the Vietnam War
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everybody wanted an orgie. so the war was the only way they could get what they wanted. : )
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All countries and all people's will have differing views on all things. For this particular question, Australia's "views" and "involvement" mirrored Americas.
The all volunteer military.
At the time of the Vietnam war they claimed that they were helping the Vietnamese people being taken over by the communists to the north. The fact is that like today the are doing as they were told by the USA.
it was because of conunism and democacy. they both had diffrent views, I presume the words meant were 'Vietnam', 'Communism', 'Democracy'.
Jane Fonda has been an advocate for a variety of political views including feminism, opposition to war (Iraq and Vietnam). Jane Fonda describes herself as a liberal.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!