In What Ways Were The Following Reasons Important In The Growth Of The Peace Movement during the Vietnam War In America?

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In What Ways Were The Following Reasons Important In The Growth Of The Peace Movement during the Vietnam War In America?

Many people in America believed that the United States (US) had no right to get involved in Vietnam and that Vietnam should be able to choose for themselves if they wanted communism or not. The people of the US witnessed shocking images on news footage and pictures and photo's in magazines and newspapers.

The US Army commanders said that the TV coverage was very one-sided, this may sound like just another excuse but they did have a point. TV coverage was very limited on the communist side as press reporters could not go with North Vietnamese Army (NVA)or Vietcong (VC) and report their war crimes and failures, it was much easier to follow the Americans.

Autrocities taken out by N. Vietnamese soldiers were rarely shown as the N. Vietnamese authorities were carefully organized and monitored, therefore,as a result of this, the news-reels were very one-sided.
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As US soldiers returned from Vietnam they would have told their families and friends about the autrocities and horrific experiences that they had experienced while fighting for their country in Vietnam. People lost friends, family members or even classmates in Vietnam, and for this reason amongst many, many more and more people were joining in with the protests and the peace movement in general.

Young soldiers who had been forced into the US Army because of conscription (from October 1965) who had the chance to write home to families in the US would have told them ...

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