THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Hawks
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Doves
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Patriots
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Detailed explanation-1: -2. A person who opposed the Vietnam war and believed that the United States should withdraw from it. 3. The doves were against the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds, appalled by the devastation and violence of the war. Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vietnam War, (1954–75), a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -DOVES AND HAWKS are terms applied to people based upon their views about a military conflict. A dove is someone who opposes the use of military pressure to resolve a dispute; a hawk favors entry into war. The terms came into widespread use during the Vietnam War, but their roots are much older than that conflict.