Is their sufficient evidence in sources A to F to explain why there was an anti-war movement in the United States during the late 1960's and early 1970's?

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Is their sufficient evidence in sources A to F to explain why there was an anti-war movement in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s?

Source A is an extract from the book “Four hours in My Lai,” written by Michael Bilton.  The source is secondary evidence and outlines some of the problems that the U.S troops faced in the Vietnam War.

The source would contribute to an anti-war movement as it explains that the U.S army was an inexperienced and an un-educated force and that a increasing number of recruits scored so low on the intelligence test that they would never have been let into the peacetime army.  People of the U.S would not want a rookie army fighting in a war.  This would also contribute to an anti-war movement because most soldiers were sent home if they survive and the horrific scenes they had seen would have destroyed them and their family.  Many soldiers who returned from Vietnam joined anti-war movement to stop other young people experiencing the terror they had to go through.

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Source B is a photograph of two small children running and screaming past U.S troops after being victims to a napalm attack.  Becouse the Vietnam War was fought with full access to the media this image would have been broadcasted to millions of U.S civilians TV’s.  This would show first hand the destruction that the war was causing to innocent children.  This would definitely cause anti-war movement, as anyone who sees these images would be devastated to see that such destruction was happening to small children and babies.

The picture below shows a small child who was ...

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