US society remained divided throughout the Vietnam War. Severe criticism of war and a nationwide opposition to war started in 1967 and by 1970 only one third of Americans supported the war effort. The war resulted in rise of anti-war and Imperialism sentiment in USA which shaped the fate of country for times to come.
There was sharply divided opinion, one side in favour of using it to put an end to the continuing Communist push to take over South East Asia, the other claiming it an imperialist war.
The imperialism was communist North Vietnam backed by communist USSR and communist China.
The war, although lost by South Vietnam and its allies, bought time and training of their armed forces, for the vulnerable SEA countries, which were facing their own internal communist revolutionaries.
The Americans were not impressed with the Vietnam war at all, and many protests occured as this was the first ever war that had had non censured media coverage. This meant that the public got the full blast of what this war was about.
War protests
· First significant protests in 1964, two years ago was the Bay of Pigs which was when there was almost a nuclear war over Cuba. People now faced conscription and they were scared and didn't like it after the Bay of Pigs, considering they were only when that happened and they were scared. It was dangerous times for everyone. 25,000 people marched in D.C Washington in protest.
· Diverse mix of people involved in protest, mostly on the left, i.e. radicals, people with very strong anti-government views
· Pacifists, people who don't believe in killing and war, and Quakers, like the Amish, very passive, various clergy
· College students, hippies and yuppies (baby boomers)
· Peaceful at first with protests, but they grew increasingly wild.
The protests started of peaceful but then started to get violent, and the belief began that America wasn't really fighting for freedom.
Movement Escalates
· Protests against the draft (conscription) and war
· Also more generalized protests against government, parents and society. Protests gave people a voice. Bossy government, parents trying to make their children into replicas of themselves and society pressures, were all protested about.
· Fuelled by popular culture and drug culture, Yippies formed as a wild radical movement
The Vietnam war did not impress American society one bit.
The South Vietnamese feared the North, and liked the US presence. The North Vietnamese probably disliked the US as well as the South Vietnamese who sided with them; and wanted the US gone and out of the way.
Two effects were, that it eliminated the draft (creating an "All-Volunteer" military), and lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Time heals all wounds. Attitudes mellow with age. Individuals make up a society. Consequently, "...towards the Vietnam War" has mellowed.
Not politically correct, lean and mean (WW2 generation) clashing with hippies; Long Hairs and beards verses crew cut and clean shaven.
were sharply divided over
They didn't want to be drafted for it.
the were pro slavery
They viewed them as useful. They helped with trade and both the north and south argued about slavery towards them
how did the majority of white Americans view blacks at the time when the men of the 54th enlisted in the union army
It showed the world that manned spaceflight is possible to another body in space. I think it really made a lasting impact on technology and the way people view the stars.
The colonial elite believed that their role in society was to impart their concept of civilization onto other less developed societies. This has sometimes been referred to as "the white man's burden".
It helps them to expand their knowledge about other cultures and when they do that, they get a better understanding of themselves. When societies explore, they open their minds to new ideas and this usually leads to a change in their world view.
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The Vietnam War=the military draft!
Australia's view was generally in line with America's view.
Social changes are often the major factors which forces the government in various societies to evolve. As people change their point of view on various social issues and become more open to change, the government must then review laws and policies it uses at home and abroad.
They were ashamed of it
The non-politically correct answer is: As long as THEIR SON wasn't in Vietnam, it was business as usual.
A by-view is a private view or a view fuelled by self-interest in a certain subject towards a given aim or purpose.
They were wanting to survive it.
The perspective that holds that societies evolve toward stability and perfection is known as social evolutionism. This idea suggests that through various stages of development, societies progress towards a more refined and advanced state, ultimately reaching a state of equilibrium and perfection. This perspective was popular in the 19th century but has been criticized for its ethnocentrism and deterministic view of societal progress.
The Vietnam war was from 1972 to 1853, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WOW! Whoever wrote this is a dumbwad! LOL
ABC Scope - 1964 Vietnam Report The View from Hanoi 3-10 was released on: USA: 19 November 1966