THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Americans no longer trusted the reports of what is going on by the Johnson Administration.
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Americans did not trust their allies, the South Vietnamese, anymore.
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The United States military did not believe their generals were capable of defeating the North Vietnamese Army and replaces them with new generals.
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America’s allies fear that the United States can no longer win the Vietnam conflict and decide to not help us.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tet Offensive proved that the American public were right to be suspicious of the Johnson administration’s positive spin on the Vietnam War. Although the administration had been saying that U.S. would soon win the war, the massive North Vietnamese surprise attack showed they were far from being defeated.
Detailed explanation-2: -Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public scepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration’s statements and policies on the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-3: -A credibility gap is a difference in perception between the government and its people. It occurs when there is a disconnect between what is being told to the people and what they actually believe. It became part of American culture during the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Credibility Gap grew out of a company formed by Lew Irwin and Cliff Vaughs. KRLA 1110 hired news director Irwin to form The Credibility Gap in 1968 with his radio colleagues John Gilliland, Thom Beck, Richard Beebe, and folk singer Len Chandler.