The American Citizens Opinion and the War in Vietnam

The Vietnam War has caused many American opinions to divide. Many Americans, in the beginning, agreed with the War efforts to contain Communism. However, after seeing the videos relayed from the media of the soldiers dying opinions began to change. The Tet Offensive launched by the Vietnamese which was the turning point of the war that astonished Americans. The Pentagon papers released information that the President withheld changed many United States citizens opinion. Americans were divided. As

64 percent of all eligible African-Americans were drafted versus only 31 percent of eligible whites (Black 2009). This fact testifies to only a small portion of why nearly all African-Americans found themselves protesting against the Vietnam War. The lack of civil rights in the U.S deterred many blacks from supporting Vietnam, a conflict aimed at liberating the rights of another people. African Americans were frustrated with a country who fought for other citizens and saw no purpose in fighting for

HIST 131 11 May 2016 Vietnam War The Vietnam War and the war against terrorism are highly unpopular and controversial wars amongst American citizens. The United States went to war in Vietnam to keep their sphere of influence and to stop the spread of communism, and they went to war against ISIS to stop terrorism. Even though these wars don’t provide any direct benefits to us, the government deemed them to be necessary. However, many American citizens believe that these wars did not need to happen

The war in Vietnam was unlike many wars that the United States has become involved in with military action. The Vietnam War is one that the United States had no direct reason to become a part of the conflict. Even though we weren’t directly attacked by Vietnam to initiate American involvement in the war, the leadership of the American government, at the time, thought it was necessary for the United States to get involved to help stop the spread of communism. Many people disagreed with the decision

The Vietnam War was costly not only to our armed forces but to our American economy and American morale. We entered the war in an attempt to end the communist regime of North Vietnam and their southern allies, the Vietcong, from taking over South Vietnam. South Vietnam was an ally of the United States and due to this political relationship; the United States was entitled to help defend their ally. More than 58,000 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War. By 1969 it was the peak of American involvement

American Opinion Shaped by the Vietnam War There is undoubtedly a large transition in the opinion of American citizens and soldiers about war before the conflict in Vietnam to afterwards. Leading up to the 1960’s in the United States, Americans for generations had heard of great military pride and success that took place throughout our nations history. Stories had been told in families about the United States winning World War I and World War II for many years at this point. Military victory was

Public's Opinion of the War Source K suggests the media was more influential to the opinion of ordinary American citizens than the elected politicians of their country, whom many of the public had voted for and trusted. The source implies that the reason for this was because the horrific images of the war made the American public realise that the war was not going well, contrary to the claims of their government. Television coverage of the war meant that any American citizen

did Americans view the government after the Vietnam War and Watergate? Part 2 • The search engine I used was Google. • For the Vietnam War part of the question, I searched “Public opinion of government after Vietnam.” For the Watergate portion, I searched “public opinion of government after Watergate.” • Sources I used:  http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/postwar.htm (“The Postwar Impact of Vietnam)  http://thevietnamwar.info/how-vietnam-war-affect-america/ (“How Did the Vietnam War Affect

Introduction: The American media is a vital resource for coverage on national and international affairs. They keep the public informed and report on matters that the United States is involved in so the American people can form their own views and opinions on them. Notably the media simply cannot report on every event that involves America so, they also have the job of picking and choosing between what is most important and what is newsworthy, alongside the task of reporting news reports that will

The Vietnam War brought an immense amount of tension and anger to the United States. Many innocent lives of both Americans and Vietnam citizens were taken during the Vietnam War. The war affected the United States in a predominately negative way. The spread of media, multiple bombings, and distress in America caused such tribulation. Consequently, the Vietnam War caused more harm than help to South Vietnam, as well as the United States. Media emerged as a major factor in people’s opinion on the