Explain why there were such different reactions in the USA to the country's involvement in the conflict in Vietnamin the 1960s.

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Explain why there were such different reactions in the USA to the country's involvement in the conflict in Vietnam in the 1960s.

Everyone in America had a different reaction to the Vietnam War. Some people supported the war because they feared Communism. They were afraid that if they did not stop the Communism in Vietnam, that type of government would affect all other countries. This was according to the Domino Theory. They thought that stopping the Vietnamese would be the correct and easy thing to do, but they were wrong.

Others did not support the war because they did not want to fight. They did not want the USA to be involved with something that was not their business. Wars meant death and they did not want this to happen to their fellow Americans.

These reactions were caused by different events in history. The turning point probably came during January 1968 with the Tet Offensive. The American public very well knew that they were winning the war. But when the Vietcong attacked and held the South Vietnamese cities and towns, the Americans began to question whether the war could be won at all.