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∙ 15y agoIt was the first 'television war' because it was the first war that was brought into America's living rooms where many people were exposed greatly to the horrors of war. This was the first war that television acted as the major medium of news for most folks at home.
Please note that the Korean War was also on television, but it was not widely used as a source of war updates for families at home.
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Which war was the first to feature nightly broadcasts on television?
Vietnam
What most made the public aware of the horrors of war during Vietnam?
Television images of the war
Who won the undeclared war of Vietnam?
The North won and the South lost in both undeclared wars; US Civil War & Vietnam.
How many Vietnam soldiers were from Indiana?
Indiana lost over 1,500 men in the Vietnam War.
What reasons did protests oppose the war in Vietnam?
The Vietnam was was never a declared war, but 58,000 men died there in 10 years. Every night on TV the war was filmed and put on the news. This changed how people viewed the war and they began to protest the war. We saw men died in the jungles of Vietnam and it was felt that the government needed to leave or declare a war.
When was the first war covered on TV?
The Vietnam war from 1959 to 1975.
Did France loose the Vietnam war?
Yes. Vietnam was a French colony. They lost a Vietnam War and were thrown out of Vietnam before America tried to win a war in Vietnam. America also lost a Vietnam War.
What happened to president Johnson during the tet offensive?
What hurt LBJ was when TV anchorman Walter Cronkite went on nation wide television after he himself had toured South Vietnam and turned against the war on TV. When LBJ saw that on television he reportedly stated, "If I've lost Cronkite I've lost the war (or the American people)." Either way, LBJ was burned out on Vietnam (he wanted to be remembered for his Great Society, not Vietnam), therefore he refused to run for re-election...announcing his refusal on nation wide television.
Why is Vietnam not famous on American TV?
Because Vietnam war was fake and it never happened. Whatever teachers tell you about Vietnam War do not believe them.
What was lost in the Vietnam war?
The Republic of South Vietnam.
What does it mean that the Vietnam war was a television war?
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Which President was known for his routine televised updates regarding the Vietnam War?
President Lyndon Johnson was intimately involved in operations in Vietnam down to battalion level from the Situation Room below the White House. He regularly spoke on television with updates on the war.
Why is the Vietnam war sometimes referred to as living-room war?
The Vietnam War was a part of the daily news where Americans often viewed the war on TV in their living-rooms .
Which US President was known for his routine televised updates regarding the Vietnam war?
President Lyndon Johnson was intimately involved in operations in Vietnam down to battalion level from the Situation Room below the White House. He regularly spoke on television with updates on the war.
The 2003 TV film Path to War is about Lyndon B. Johnson and what war?
Vietnam War
How did Americans get war news about Vietnam?
Americans heard news about the war from newspapers and magazines but most watched the news on television. President Lyndon Johnson said, "“If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106775685
Where did Americans get their information about the Vietnam war?
The liberal television networks.
