THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Students for a Democratic Society
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Hawks
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Hippies
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Doves
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Westmoreland commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He treated the conflict as a war of attrition, which diminished domestic support.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States’ main goal in Vietnam was to prevent a communist takeover of the entire nation. During the Cold War, the U.S. and its allies positioned themselves as opponents of the communist governments of the Soviet Union and China, declaring that it would do whatever it took to stop the spread of communism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Vietnam War had a profound effect on America. Domestically, the unpopularity of the war led to the end of the military draft in 1973, and since then, the U.S. has yet to conscript troops from the general population again. The war also drastically decreased Americans’ trust in political leaders.
Detailed explanation-4: -Yet Johnson’s limits made winning the war very difficult. Instead of conquering territory, American troops had to fight a war of attrition-defeating enemy forces by wearing them down. This strategy led troops to conduct grisly body counts after battles to determine how many enemy soldiers had been killed.