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Vietnam War - Social Movements. The Vietnam War (1965-1975)was fought between
the North and South Vietnam. The North was called Democratic ...
... Even with these large sums, the Vietnam War was probably not the most devastating
war as far ... The social effects of the movements associated with that ...
... By 1968 the social landscape had changed beyond ... of the civil rights movement and
the peace movements. ... push for civil rights and the Vietnam War and encouraged ...
... Even with these large sums, the Vietnam War was probably not the most devastating
war as far ... The social effects of the movements associated with that ...
... defining social movements. The anti-war peace movement was one of the largest movements
of its time. These hippies had strong feelings about the Vietnam War ...
Submitted by BengtL on December 10, 2007
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The Vietnam War (1965-1975)was fought between the North and South Vietnam. The North was called Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the South was the Republic of Vietnam which was supported by the United States. On August 2nd, 1964 the USS Maddox was on a secret intelligent mission on the North Vietnamese coast where in the Gulf on Tonkin they were attacked by torpedo boats. The USS Turner Joy was attacked in the same area two days later. Due to the second attack Congress declared the Gulf of Tonkin resolution which led to air strikes.In 1959 there were 5,000 guerilla fighters and in 1964 the numbers jumped to 100,000. At Pleiku on March, 1965 U.S Marine barracks were attacked causing the three stage escalation bombing of North Vietnam to begin. The 3 year lasting bombing was used to force North Vietnam to stop supporting the \"National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam\" by destroying their industrial infrastructure and Vietnam\'s air defenses. Unfortunately this did not stop the North\'s support for the NLF. The U.S. Air Force bases were constantly being attacked so the U.S. on March 8, 1965 the 3,500 U.S. Marines was deployed to South Vietnam. At this point in time, the U.S. public supported the dispatch because the Vietnam War had been portrayed to the American people as a war against the spread of Communism. Johnson was president at the time and he kept adding more and more troops as the war went on. As the draft quotas increased, the American public protests started. When Nixon came into presidency his policy towards the Vietnam War was \"peace with honor\" in other words he wanted to widen the war. After more bombing and fighting, on January 27, 1973 the Paris Peace Accords was signed, restoring peace in Vietnam and U.S. forces pulled out. Nixon stopped all American attacks on Vietnam. The condensed summary of the Vietnam War is to see what presidents were involved in this war (Johnson, and Nixon) and what foreign policies were taken towards Vietnam...
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