Vietnam Student Conflict

Qwerty 1284

Axia College of the University of Phoenix

Student Unrest and the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was one that the people of the United States were divided on. There had not been a division of citizens of the US since the Civil War. Even some soldiers supported the anti-war movement.

The war was brought into the living rooms of the US nightly and people realized that what they were seeing was not the truth of the matter which caused the people of the US to distrust their government for the first time ever.

The war was one that the people did not agree with, the economy was not good, the leaders of the US proceeded to send troops to fight a war that they did not belong in. It went beyond fighting communism and what was true and right it was all about what the politicians in Washington thought important. The people of the United States suddenly had no opinion in this war and historically speaking they were not happy with what was going on. The draft was brought into effect and though college students were given waivers to continue in school until graduation after that point they were required to join and fight a war that no one believed in. The war had gone on for too long and the human casualty was too great for anyone to agree with what was happening.

“One of the greatest ironies in a war rich in ironies was that Washington had also moved toward a limited war in Vietnam. The Johnson administration wanted to fight this war in "cold blood." This meant that America would go to war in Vietnam with the precision of a surgeon with little noticeable impact on domestic culture. A limited war called for limited mobilization of resources, material and human, and caused little disruption in everyday life in America. Of course, these goals were never met. The Vietnam War did have a major impact on everyday life in America, and the Johnson administration was forced to consider domestic consequences of its decisions every day. Eventually, there...