When the war started many American people was against it and want this to end son as possible. They were against it because United States didn´t have any trade with Vietnam or something like that. Many people give their opinions about the war in Vietnam. In the next paragraphs I am going to talk about two American groups fell about the war, the two groups are the American public and the soldiers. The first group the American public at the beginning of the war agreed with the fact that Us was helping South Vietnam, this because the president of the united States in this year told the people that they need to go to war and they have to go even if they don´t like the idea.
Many Vietnam Veterans still suffer today because of this war; many whom have never spoke about it since returning to America. We Honor Veterans is a program that honors Veterans today for the sacrifices they made for our country, & for our freedom, by ensuring support with end of life care (We Honor Veterans 2013). Causes & Events of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War started before any U.S. involvement. Before World War II (WWII) the Viet Minh militant group, formed by Ho Chi Minh, was seeking liberty for a united Vietnam, prompting an encounter between them and the French that escalated to the point of struggle, which reached its climax at the Battle of Dien, 1954. The Viet Minh besieged the French, and they arranged a meeting with the Vietnamese officials at a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, drawing up and signing The Geneva Accords.
Why did USA get involved in the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by the United States. It lasted more than 15 years, from 1959 to 1975. It was also the first war that the United States lost. The USA entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in South East Asia.
"The Silent Majority Speaks: Antiwar Protest and Backlash, 1965-1972," Peace & Change 17 (1992): 402-433. The author of this article goes into detail about the state of politics in the 1960’s and how many campus-based groups throughout the country were involved with black activism and antiwar protests. It covers the fundamental working class and the division in different cultures in America during this time, while also focusing on specific political party movements during this time based on the “silent majority” and New Deal democracy. Lawrence, Mark Atwood. Review of Foley, Michael S., Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance during the Vietnam War.
All previous wars that Americans were part of could actually be traced back to the actual cause of the war in the first place (Peter). During the time of the Vietnam War, the media began to give the movement a fiercer stance against the war because people were able to see actual war footage. It can be said that if other wars Americans were involved in leaked actual war footage, there would have been a stronger stance taken against those wars as well. The Vietnam War was dissimilar to other wars because there was no actual prompt or threat that could have harmed the American people. The government wanted to continue its firm engagement against communalism.
It depends on who you are asking if you ask a Christian they will tell you any war is unjust because god would not want you to kill others. He would want you to turn the cheek. Others may say it is just if it’s in defense. In this paper, I will explain why the Vietnam War was just. The United States got involved in the Vietnam War from 1954 -1964 to prevent and contain communism.
Richard Nixon’s election to Presidency of the United States in 1968, marked a turning point in American foreign policy and a new strategic approach to the war in Vietnam. It was a war he had inherited from his predecessor, Lyndon Johnson. Domestic support for the war had diminished significantly, with national outpourings of opposition. This prompted Nixon to make his famous ‘silent majority’ speech, where he outlined his position on Vietnam, “After all, we became involved in the war while my predecessor was in office. I could blame the defeat which would have been the result of my action on him and come out as Peacemaker…But I had a greater obligation than to think only of the years of my administration and of the next election.
In the 1960’s protest, activism and social change started to take over America. Waldo Emerson had part in the art moment and had social and political protests during the great depression. America was deeply involved with waging a neo-colonial war of imperialism. The French colonists had finally withdrawn from Vietnam after centuries that they occupied it. The Anti-Vietnam war moment in the untied states prove that there were people who cared about peace not war, with protesting, sit ins, and the communication to boycott drafting of soldiers so they wouldn’t go to war.
The draft will divide the nation -- see Vietnam -- and the last thing the United States needs during a time of war is a people divided, says Roger Mundy, editor of the Daily Oakland Press. A nation must be united during war as this country was during WWII. In addition to a divided nation, the principle of equality among the sexes would haunt the military draft legislation. Equality among the sexes would haunt the military draft legislation because issues of gays in the military may serve as an even greater deterrent. Former president, Bill Clinton, temporarily resolved the issue of gays in the military with his "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Why it is important to remember Vietnam America has seen its fair share of wars in the past the same as any country. The revolutionary war lasted eight years fighting for independence from Great Britain. The civil war lasted five years fighting to keep the country united. World War one lasted four years fighting to keep the world powers balanced and the Second World War lasted six years, fighting to keep the central powers under control. All these wars have one thing in common, a meaning; but our longest war in Vietnam which lasted sixteen years and killed over two million people still cannot be explained completely.