USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Causes of opposition The prevailing sentiment that the draft was unfairly administered fueled student and blue-collar American opposition to the military draft. Opposition to the war arose during a time of unprecedented student activism, which followed the free speech movement and the civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The military draft brought the war to the American home front. During the Vietnam War era, between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. military drafted 2.2 million American men out of an eligible pool of 27 million.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region. In that respect, it failed: the two Vietnams were united under a communist banner in July 1976. Neighbouring Laos and Cambodia similarly fell to communists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bombarded by horrific images of the war on their televisions, Americans on the home front turned against the war as well: In October 1967, some 35, 000 demonstrators staged a mass antiwar protest outside the Pentagon.