What countries were affected by the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

In the common neighborhood in America of any state or US territory, during the 1960's; if the neighborhood newspaper boy was drafted (or enlisted) and was killed in Vietnam, the whole neighborhood was deeply upset. And they probably didn't even know him or his name. They simply heard he was "the newspaper boy." In the United States, every mother & every father, every brother and sister, uncle & aunt, was affected if there was a casualty. Only the children were NOT to be told. Grown ups ceased talking about Vietnam (or the casualty) when a child was present; or else THAT PERSON would have to explain to THAT CHILD that the child's father, brother, cousin, uncle, or neighborhood newspaper boy was now dead. No one wanted that privilege! While at work, discussion's about the war had to be hushed. Some employee might have had a casualty within the family. Feelings could get hurt, anger might surface, fist fights might (and did occur). Vietnam was to be left OUT OF THE WORK PLACE! Most commonly, everyone had someone in the military service, so discussing a casualty only worried the individual hearing the discussion. There were other topics to talk about, more pleasent things...the word was out...TALK Baseball!

Answer 2

yes chuck i do want to be a hero.

the Vietnam war affected many peoples lives including the daily lives of Russia, Vietnam, America, China and all other communist/anti-communist

Answeryes chuck i do want to be a hero.

the Vietnam war affected many peoples lives including the daily lives of Russia, Vietnam, America, China and all other communist/anti-communist

Answer 3

Vietnam War HomefrontThis information applies to the United States during the Vietnam War. Obviously, the Vietnamese people were greatly affected, as seen in the "re-education" camps set up by the North Vietnamese communists when they took control of South Vietnam, and the exodus of the many South Vietnames (boat people) trying to flee the communist government.The criticism of the war in Vietnam started out mainly as a conservative reaction to President Johnson's policy of fighting for a limited purpose, a negotiated peace, rather than all out victory in Vietnam. Those critics included Senator Barry Goldwater, retired military men, and even some extreme members of the John Birch Society. These people were known as "hawks." As the President escalated the war effort, and became a hawk himself, his chief critics became known as "doves" and included antiwar protesters, college students and faculty, liberal Democrats, and many other people in various walks of life who felt that the war was immoral, dragging on to no benefit for the US, and was causing increased casualty lists to mount. Many believed the US was fighting a war against the wishes of the majority of the Vietnamese people. These critics felt the war was a civil war in Vietnam between north and south and we had no business interfering. Some supported the communist effort in Vietnam and hoped for a defeat of the "imperialist capitalist" United States. Many Americans felt we were fighting a small, unimportant county, while the real enemy was China and the Soviet Union. There were many demonstrations against the war which took the form of sit ins in college and high school campuses, marches both for and against the war, and editorials written for and against the war. One of the most infamous demonstrations took place at Kent State University, 1970, when National Guard troops fired on Kent State students and protesters and four were killed and eleven were wounded. Nixon had been elected on a promise to Vietnamize the war, meaning more fighting would be turned over to the South Vietnamese army, and to start bringing home American troops. When the President ordered US troops into Cambodia and ordered more bombings, the result was a tremendous uproar at home with more marches and demonstrations. Congress reacted to the antiwar feeling and repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the President the authority to send troops and fight the war in Vietnam. Our purpose in the war is debated to this day.

Answer 4

Men had to live their lives surrounded by the draft. Couldn't get a job, couldn't get married, couldn't have kids, couldn't buy a home, had to wait and see. Would you or wouldn't you...get drafted...if so...when?

Answer 5

i think that the soldiers were affected by the Vietnam war because when they came back from the Vietnam war many of them were messed up from what they saw over their