Antiwar Movement Research Paper

He tried his best not to lose the war because he does not want American war to be the loser. The United States troops were completely pulled back from Vietnam before the finish of March of 1973, yet America continued battling in Cambodia. North Vietnam did not respond to US notices and before the year 's over Nixon stayed weak after Watergate. In his article, the author said that Nixon tried to protect the Thieu administration in South Vietnam and let South Vietnam on the safe side because he needed the Thieu government to be secure. North Vietnam needed to have a unity but South Vietnam strived to be a free country. Nixon 's mission was to help and support the nations that are US partners such as South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, but other nations would need to shield themselves from the communism. When Nixon attempted to stay faithful to his obligation to the Thieu government in South Vietnam, Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger needed to proceed onward to different United State interests gradually. The purpose for these spending is to secure the Thieu government in South Vietnam. In his article, the author said that Nixon’s administration shows how much Kissinger feel afraid from the Negotiations that are full of twists. Despite the hostility between United State and North Vietnam, Nixon still threatening them that he doesn’t want to pay the amount if they do not want to adhere to the guarantee of the understanding, but when Richard Nixon resigned, the

The Vietnam War protests and antiwar movement first began in 1964, gained national prominence in 1965, peaked in 1968, and remained strong throughout the rest of the war. In the beginning, the antiwar movement started out with only a small minority of fervent college students, peace activists, hippies, liberals, and pacifist religious groups who tried to make their voices heard. This opposition originated from people who did not agree with the American government’s actions regarding involvement in the war. Americans were opposed to the Vietnam War because they young men resisted enlistment in the war, citizens argued

People who were over the age of 30+ were for the war. On May 4th 1970 Richard Nixon gave a speech explaining on how he was going to send more troops in to Vietnam to help the war effort, so this caused riot and chaos in Kent State University, 4 students were gunned down by State troops and 9 students

In the early 1830s, becoming an active abolitionist required courage. Many had to face physical danger at the hand of a mob, but many more had to endure the disapproval of family and friends or the ridicule of neighbors. All of them shared a motivating vision of slavery as a moral evil that could not be justified.

The anti-war protests of the 1960s was a response of resentment by minorities and young educated college students against the nation’s desire to participate in war against Communism in Vietnam and conduct a military draft. The protests, originally began with peaceful public demonstrations by activists, who were nonviolent; however, the peaceful demonstrators were frequently attacked and victimized by the police and other citizens, who did not share their same opinion. Throughout the peaceful protests the activists suffered many beatings in the hands of the police and as a result, many of the activists claimed the right of self-defense and turned to taking offensive actions against their oppressors including the police and other citizens. Later, the scene of violence and mayhem quickly shifted to college campuses, to which college students began protesting the draft (Gurr, 1989, pp. 183-185). At the time the average age of an American soldier serving in Vietnam was 19 and students quickly rebelled after realizing that young Americans were legally old enough to be drafted to fight and die, but were not yet legally allowed to vote or drink alcohol (UShistory, nd.).

The Vietnam War began in 1955, but it wasn’t until the 1960’s that the nation witnessed large protests against the war. A process called the draft sent many men over to fight against the communists in Vietnam. This “draft” meant that many men would not have a choice about whether or not they wanted to participate in the war. The U.S. government made that determination for them. Twenty years of combat, in some of the worst conditions possible, resulted in the loss of many American soldiers. There were many protests in the United States that helped open the nations eye towards protesting and how protests affect the war. The Kent State massacre was a big turning point for protests, it made many Americans see that the protests were not just hippies, and people of drug culture spreading peace, but a powerful movement to

For the past couple years, it seems as if the spotlight on American politics has only gotten brighter. This makes sense - as I've grown and matured I pay more attention to the occurrences around me. Activism has only increased as a higher percentage of population finds their voice and support from more and more allies.

The antiwar protest movements that took place throughout the Vietnam War were one of the most divisive and tumultuous internal forces during twentieth century U.S. history. The divisive nature of the antiwar protest movements becomes multiplied, because instead of a social conflict where there are two dichotomised “camps”, (those who are pro-war and those who are antiwar,) we are instead presented with antiwar sentiment which is largely segmented, and not a “unified” movement. The antiwar movements comprised of a number of independent groups, such as the Students for a Democratic Society, the War Resisters League, and the Committee for Nonviolent Direct Action. These groups all had varying motives, ideologies and tactics associated with their method of antiwar protest and resistance to the Vietnam War, making it impossible to give sufficient detail to all the separate movements in this paper. The myriad of movements were often only vaguely allied and for the most part, united only in their opposition to America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. For the majority of this essay however, I intend to focus on the youth cultures movements, as many key events of protest took place on campuses, or were predominantly orchestrated by the American youth.

After Nixon was elected, he redefined Vietnam policy. Referring to the policy as ‘Vietnamization’, it called for the slow takeover of the responsibility of South Vietnam by the South Vietnamese leaders (Lecture 17). The Nixon Doctrine said that the United States would continue to give aid to our allies, but would continue sending troops into the region. Beginning in 1972, the United States began withdrawing from Vietnam, until eventually all US troops were removed from the region by 1975. After the United States removed all military presence from the region, North Vietnam took control of the

The main reason for many college protests was the unpopular Vietnam War and the American people’s increasing disinterest in being involved in the war. By the late 1960’s the American people had become disillusioned with the war, several scandals had been leaked, shedding a negative light on the war. One event that disillusioned the American people was the Tet offensive, where in January 1968 the North Vietnamese had success in surprise attacking American bases in the South. Back home many people were beginning to hate the war, as anti-war sentiment spread. One of the breeding grounds for anti-war sentiment was universes, where young Americans let their feelings on the war be heard. May 4, 1970, and many Americans are angered by the spreading

In 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. went public on his resistance on the war about morals, which boosted people to go antiwar. In 1971 members of the Vietnam Veterans organization where against the War, many of these men threw their medals away to protest against the war. A good majority of these men were in wheelchairs and crutches, this was shown on tv which won many of the people over to join the antiwar movement.

However, the brunt of the movements was concentrated on college campuses, through events called “teach-ins”. At these events, students became informed about the Vietnam War and the origins of it (Nicole L. Thompson). As teach-ins started to become more popular across the country, students launched vocalized and strong opposition towards the war in Vietnam (Thompson). Teach-ins on college campuses were critical in helping motivate people into active dissent, protests, and opinions opposing the Vietnam war. The Cold War and the Vietnam War, among other political events, sparked opposition and protest which fueled the 1960s counterculture movement in America.

In contrast, the social relations of the United States were transformed differently during the Vietnam War than during World War II. Though it is true that the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was a violation of rights and largely driven by public fear and political motives, the United States still made great strides on the home front towards unity and equality. During the Vietnam War, however, the American home front was plagued by conflict and protests. Many Americans actively participated in the antiwar movement, particularly college students, labor-union members, and the middle class (Barringer). Though some opposed it, World War II was largely supported by Americans, contributing to the lack of notable antiwar protests during the time.

An anti-war mind-set started to become widely popular throughout the 60s due to a few reasons. The United States, in its war with Vietnam, reached a point at which it desperately needed troops; therefore, they issued a draft of young men over the age of 18. The baby boom generation also hit the age of adulthood at the time the draft was set in place. Because of the substantial amount of people being drafted from the largest generation during that time period, this environment allowed for a large resistance to the draft and the war; “Since the draft loomed over students’ futures and provided an avenue for direct resistance to war on an individual level, much student activism was concerned with the draft” (Kindig n.pag.). In protest, the youth began burning their draft cards to show their opposition to the war.

The Antiwar movement in Vietnam was a social movement that occurred from 1960-1970 to stop the spread of communism. It was the first largest movement against a war in American history. This movement consisted of many interests and concerns that eventually led to unification over the opposition of the Vietnam war. Although one may not visually see different stages in a movement, often because there is so much happening, there are four stages within almost every movement. Emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline are all seen in the Antiwar movement or “hippie movement” against the Vietnam war.