A picture's worth a thousand words; and there were thousands of pictures.
It was also the first war on the evening news every night. This changed how people looked at war and the protests against the war started. Notice we don't see much today on the news about the war in Iraq ? There is a reason.
the Vietnam War 58,000 troops killed and 300,000 injured.over 1.1 million Vietnamese died.
not good
US servicemen returning home from Vietnam were treated with hostility, discrimination, and rejection.
Lots got shot and killed. Is this the answer you wanted?
It didn't, until their son's began to get drafted.
It killed them.
the Vietnam War 58,000 troops killed and 300,000 injured.over 1.1 million Vietnamese died.
not good
The Vietnam war distracted the American people from Johnson's plan for a "Great Society".
Vietnam took time and attention away from the war on poverty
It caused hiim to get involved in the Vietnam War
The Australian government experienced anti-war demonstrations.
US servicemen returning home from Vietnam were treated with hostility, discrimination, and rejection.
The Vietnam War deflected people from the aims of his Great Society.
Taught them to look before they leaped.
Plant populations have grown back.
Lots got shot and killed. Is this the answer you wanted?