Vietnam War Part 1 - Discuss Key events in US-Vietnam relations from the assassination of JFK to July 1965. What factors led to American escalation? You should consider both the factors within the US civil/military debates as well as in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War there are many things that lead to the hostility and tension of Americans. First and foremost, Lyndon B. Johnson runs as a peace candidate in 1964 against Goldwater.
In a CBS special, Cronkite concluded, "To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past, to say we are mired in a bloody stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory conclusion" ( Hallin, 1986, p.170) This did not help increase the support for our troops in Vietnam. The overall support for the war was diminished by Cronkite's report. The negative coverage of the war influenced politicians, the public, and the American soldier. Concerned with losing support, politicians started to really get involved. The TeT offensive was a last ditch effort for the communists.
However it would have had a tremendous and awful impact on the United States society as it did represent the war as evil and criminal. The US Army always denied that the bombs they let off never hit civilian casualties; they stated that there was not many of them. The journalist's reports broadened, which was still furthering the credibility gap'. This is the state or condition of being dissimilar or unlike between the American military and government and what the American people had confidence in. The broader the gap is, not as much the people will believe.
Printing news differs because the visuals are flat, has more text to read on, and actually provides more important news. In the novel written by Postman and Powers, “How to Watch TV News,” it talks about how the TV stations just simply want to make profit for their own benefits by creating “their” input in the stories. TV news does capture the audiences in watching because it consists of moving pictures, gossips about celebrities, and is actually a “theatre” of news than an information source. The novel also states that at random and unneeded times; the news would just talk about the celebrities’ lives, such as Britney Spears or Oprah. There is several important news that needs to be heard and seen, but the TV news wants to bring in more audiences.
The Vietnam War Heather Cameron Axia College of the University of Phoenix The Vietnam War Every good American, before the war in Vietnam, held their political leaders and Congressmen in high regard. It was during the 1960's that this viewpoint began to change as the American death toll began to rise. One major viewpoint, eerily similar to today, was that though the intentions of entering into the conflict were good, the fact that it seemed to be a losing battle and the costs seemed to be too high; it was time to pull out of Vietnam. The other side of that coin was that there was a purpose for going into Vietnam and we should not leave until the job was done (Schulzinger, 1999). It had not been since the early 1940's that the
Aiming to win back support from the American’s, as many people did not support the Vietnam war due to the bad media that was publicised. This was the first War to be so publicised and it shocked many of the people back home. This lead to Anti-War protest, which became one of the US governments aims to stop. However they still stuck to the aim to try and contain Vietnam from the spread of communism and supporting the SV defeat the VC in nearby country Cambodia. On the other side the aims of the NV government and their terrorist organisation the VC did not alter as they still aimed to persuade the SV government to vote for Vietnam to become a communist country.
Senator John McCain argues on his campaign “insurgent is working : money people would like to know how is working when the toll death is growing each day by both side the Iraq and the us military, it is all show and tell. The media flashes light on the areas where has been little effect and makes belives us the insurgent is working when is not with characteristic self-absorption, most American are not looking the big picture. Most people should ask saddam is death there was no mass of weapon destruction why are we still there and spending tax payers money because This war was based on revenge and business “in Apr. 1993, former president bush visited Kuwait to commemorate the victory over Iraqi in the Persian gulf war. During Bush’s visit, Kuwaiti authorities arrested 17 people allegedly involved in a plot to kill
The draft discriminated racially, by favoring the whites and neglecting the minority populations, and economically, by favoring the elites and punishing the masses. Citizens of America who were wealthy enough to get into college were able to avoid the drafts, while their non-privileged counterparts had no excuse or choice but to fight in the war “Who were the people opposed to the war? …opposition to the war was inversely proportional to both wealth and education”. (Franklin 297). This provided the antiwar members with motive for refusing the draft.
China is no exception to the effects of Americanization since economic reforms. America exports its culture to China by advanced media, especially by Hollywood movies. Hollywood movies are produced by advanced technology, excellent super stars, and attractive story design. In addition, Hollywood movies offer diversity, which uses different backgrounds from other countries, but it sometimes changes original countries’ value and adds American culture into the movie. The American movie industry makes many Chinese myths into movies with American imagination and culture such as “Kungfu Panda”.
The art form of music influenced the culture of the Vietnam War era more than most musical eras have ever impacted their respective cultures. During the Cold War era, the United States fought a war against communism in Vietnam. This war would come to be called the Vietnam War. In 1955, French forces fought against the communist army known as the Vietnam People’s Army. The Vietnam People’s Army was associated with North Vietnam and it was backed up by the Soviet Union.