USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The most immediate effect of the Vietnam War was the staggering death toll. The war killed an estimated 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1.1 million North Vietnamese troops and 200, 000 South Vietnamese troops. During the air war, America dropped 8 million tons of bombs between 1965 and 1973.

Detailed explanation-2: -The later years of the war saw increased physical and psychological deterioration among American soldiers-both volunteers and draftees-including drug use, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mutinies and attacks by soldiers against officers and noncommissioned officers.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 8, 1965, 3, 500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam, adding to the 25, 000 U.S. military advisers already in place. The US Government deployment of ground forces to Da Nang had not been consulted with the South Vietnamese government.

Detailed explanation-4: -This new pop culture sensibility embraced a provocative anti-authoritarianism that offered a clean break from the sunny optimism of most films and music in the 1950s and early 1960s. The war sparked an era of distrust, paranoia and cynicism among musicians, filmmakers, novelists and comedians.