THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Soldiers returning from Vietnam received the greatest hero’s welcome than past soldiers did upon returning from WWI and WWII.
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A large majority of American people didn’t agree with the war and felt that the American withdraw proves the war was pointless since South Vietnam fell to communism.
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With the average age of the 2.5 million soldiers serving in Vietnam being at 22, many college-aged students protested and demonstrated against the American policies during the war.
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The powers of the Executive Branch were going to be checked even tighter than before, limiting the power the president has to make war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The end of the Cold War draft in the United States, therefore, is one of the Vietnam War’s most important domestic legacies. The death of conscription changed the calculus of American military engagement by dictating how conflicts would be fought and who would do that fighting.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rather than being greeted with anger and hostility, however, most Vietnam veterans received very little reaction when they returned home. They mainly noticed that people seemed uncomfortable around them and did not appear interested in hearing about their wartime experiences.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many Vietnam veterans claim that most people treated them with indifference and seemed uncomfortable listening to their stories from battle. Some people, however, saw returning soldiers as dangerous, violent symbols of an increasingly futile and terrible war-much like the individual Wowwk encountered.
Detailed explanation-4: -For the first and only time in the nation’s history, thousands of veterans publicly marched in opposition to their war. Veterans returned from Vietnam not with their battalion or company, but alone on a plane after their 365-day tour.