POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
COLD WAR IN ASIA
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the first war to be protested by some Americans
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the first war to have large newspaper articles
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the first war to have movies made about it
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the first US war to be televised
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Detailed explanation-1: -This led to an increase in public pressure to end the war. By early February 1968, a Gallup poll showed only 32 percent of the population approved of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s handling of the war and 57 percent disapproved (the rest had no opinion). Critical “failures to convey” occurred.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam conflict is often referred to as the “first television war.” Film from Vietnam was flown to Tokyo for quick developing and editing and then flown on to the United States. Important stories could be transmitted directly by satellite from Tokyo.
Detailed explanation-3: -News coverage of the war, which included graphic visual testimonies of the death and destruction in Vietnam, turned US public opinion increasingly against the war. Revelations that the Johnson and Nixon administrations had lied to the American people about the war undermined the public’s trust in government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Americans could see military abuses on television, such as the My Lai Massacre in 1968, which sparked riots in cities and university campuses across the nation. This outrage, fueled by television coverage, ultimately led to the decision to withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1973, and end of the U.S involvement in the war.