Humanism In Vietnam War

Regarded as one of the most controversial and polarizing military conflicts in U.S. history, the Vietnam War has left a deep and lasting impact on American culture, politics, and foreign policy. From 1964 to the present day, the Vietnam War redefined the scope of U.S. influence both at home and abroad, and caused a fundamental shift in American society that dramatically changed the way in which Americans viewed their government and the role of the United States as a world power. For an entire generation of Americans, who watched as the horrors of the war in Vietnam unfold before the spotlight of the national media, the Vietnam War directly challenged the superiority of the American way and the infallibility of U.S military dominance. In truth, the U.S government, U.S. military, and the American people as a whole struggled to accept the lessons of America’s greatest military failure and the sobering reality of the war’s consequences. To this day, the legacy of this so-called “American War” continues to resonate throughout the fabric of American society as a cautionary tale of U.S foreign intervention and blind acceptance of open-ended conflict.

Ha and Amela, lost a lot of their belongings that they cherished a lot because they were forced to leave their home because of war. An example of that would be, “Mother chooses 10 and Burn the rest.” It connects because they only had enough room to bring 10 and she burns the rest so that there is no proof of them leaving. (LAI 58) A girl named Amela once had everything and had lots of money and was able to go to other countrie. Then she lost all of it because of a war. An example would be, “Amela lost a lot and now they barely have nothing.”(Arthur Brice) Another girl named Ha, had to leave her home because war was coming closer and closer to her home so she had to leave and she could onnl pack a certain amount of things, “one pair of pants, one pair of shorts, three pairs of underwear, two shirts, sandals, toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, ten palms of rice grains, three clumps of cooked rice, one choice.” (LAI 55) They could only pack so much because everything else was gone, or they didn’t have enough room to carry it. In conclusion, Amela and Ha lost most of what they had because of war.

A first person narrative can create more empathy but can also cause legitimacy issues in the form of bias. In the movie it often plays on the fact that everyone was affected by this war. Vera’s boyfriend, brother, and friend all died in the war affecting Vera’s family as well as the surrounding families. Vera often connects with others in the movie through empathy, knowing that they all have someone in the war. During Roland’s departure, Vera and Roland were very clingy trying to stay with each other as long as possible with Roland hanging out the train window and Vera running along aside the train. In response to Roland’s enrollment to the military, Vera becomes a nurse wanting to do something more for the war. Roland comes back to visit

There are truths, lies, half truths, and bullshit - but more concerning still, there are situations where an unambiguous truth is found, and simply ignored or suppressed due to the work it would create if it were widely known. This sort of 'suppression through inaction' is nowhere more common than in the large institutions and bureaucracies tasked with carrying out the functions of the state. Do these political and military institutions have an ethical obligation to seek the truth, even without publicly publishing this information outside of their institution? Is it wrong when any organization, when granted the power to legally employ lethal force, chooses to suppress information within the institution that contradicts the opinions and sensibilities of the leadership?

There were many wars about Communism or was for Communism. Communism is a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by single and self-perpetuating political party(Harper). In fact, there a few wars where Communism current like The Cold War itself, therefore the Korean War, Vietnam war, and the Cambodia War. Likewise, their other things what happened during the wars that current Communism which involved deaths and violence. There was also a little death drop in the world population(World pop.Growth). Yet USSR government reported that 626 provincial show trials had been held(Gellately 37). So they convicted 5,612 and at least executive 1,955(Gellately 37).

Another aspect of the war that contributes to Dan’s psychological issue was his job. After arriving in the war, Dan volunteers as a “tunnel rat.” The goal of the job was to search for Vietnam guerilla men who were hiding out underground. One can imagine the psychological effect this job had. The tunnels were restricted in air, small spaces, and dangerous.

The Anti-war movement started during the 1960s and shaped America’s public opinion on conflicts for years to come. As in all American conflicts, the will of the people controls the actions of the military. Without Homefront support, the American war machine dies. American pop culture during the 60s and 70s, sought to change public opinion against the Vietnam War. Through blatant Anti-war lyrics to their actions, the popular artists and musicians of the era changed the mindset of a generation to oppose the military actions in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was cause do to The United States wanting to stop the continuation of Communism, this war however had major consequences on several societies and communities. The war caused many American casualties and the soldiers who did survive suffer from many mental and physical problems to this day nearly forty-three years later. The Vietnam war was well known for its chemical warfare. The two most common chemicals were substances called napalm and agent orange. The war was also well known as America's biggest mistake for warfare. Soldiers who served were disrespected and disgraced after their return. And many of the politicians in office were threatened and the government was beginning to fall apart do to miscommunication.

Rick: That is a great claim for virtue ethics. As a pacifist, how can I ever condone war for any cause if that means violating the virtues of our soldiers? Becky: How is that virtue ethics?

When you think of anti-war movements and pacifism during the Vietnam War, you typically think of peace, love, and hippies. However, there was so much more to the movement, and it impacted an abundance of lives. Even though there were people who opposed the war, there were a few that supported the government, and the reasoning for the United States involvement in this conflict. However, many people viewed the Vietnam War in negative ways, which lead them to execute acts that made a huge statement to the rest of the country, and both the US and Vietnamese governments. Despite unity in opposition to the Vietnam War, Pacifists and anti-war groups were unalike in their reasons for opposing the war, the draft, and how they expressed their opposition

Deirdre English, an ordinary American girl, found out about the war in the museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. She did not have an opportunity to learn about the war – in school teachers did not talk about Vietnam and she probably did not have a reason to seek for information about it. However, once she accidently saw a demonstration and she found out that she was living in ignorance. “‘Most American don’t even know that we’re at war in a little Southeast Asian nation called Vietnam.’ And I thought, yeah, I’m most Americans (30).” The perception of Vietnam war seems that it was not as important issue as for example World Wars for Americans. These stories show the ignorance of common people. However, it is hard to say if it was their

This article discusses President Lyndon B. Johnson’s involvement with Vietnam and civil rights. Vietnam and Civil Rights Movement protests coincided. African Americans were discriminated against at home and in the United States armed forces. In previous history blacks fought segregated in war. During Vietnam blacks were intergraded with a small number of segregated troops. Blacks fought for democracy believing they would return home with equal rights. Blacks felt they had earned the right to be equal. After returning home from Vietnam, blacks remained discriminated against. The war heightened awareness of discrimination. Martin Luther King Jr., with blacks and whites, marched to Washington to protest for equal rights. Kings speech was one of the most powerful protests in history. His speech for freedom was televised across America. King was assassinated and white soldiers applauded his death. The military began posting confederate flags on equipment. Racism was tolerated in military bases. Legislation passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

The Vietnam War was marked by brutality, death, protests, and psychological tolls. No war caused such great division among the American people like the Vietnam War. The war was extremely costly, and it left long-term effects on people all over the world. As a whole, the American people agree that the Vietnam War was a waste of time, money, and life.

Those that remained in Vietnam were labeled as the “leftovers” of the war, unbounded to both Vietnam and the United States. (Smithsonian) They were greatly dehumanized as they were kicked to the dirt, isolated from the community due to their mixed blood. Mothers of the Amerasians in fear of being renounced from a family chose to abandon the child in orphanages or even landfills and garbage. This was due to the fact that they were “unwelcome reminders that Vietnamese women slept with the enemy.”(233) Not only the parents, but society also cast these children aside as they were seen as “bad elements” to society, according to the Vietnamese director of social warfare in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam, now under a communist rule, regarded these children,

Furthermore, dehumanization not only applies to the body but what about the mind. Senseless acts of violence have increased with the times. Minds and bodies are being maimed as we watch, a scale model of Vietnam (Didion, #). Watching violent acts on TV every day can affect the way we process the tragedy. Society no longer mourns a death for long periods of time, we would rather mourn a death for a moment and continue our dinner. Didion’s book was set in 1967 right around the time the Vietnam war was taken place on live broadcast depicting men stepping on landmines and losing limbs, also the Detroit riots were happening. Approximately forty-three people died, thirty-three were black and ten were white, and let us not forget the ruthless acts