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Is there sufficient evidence in sources A-F to explain why there was an anti-war movement in the USA in the 1960-1970s?
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Is there sufficient evidence in sources A-F to explain why there was an anti-war movement in the USA in the 1960-1970s? (Question 3)
Source A is an extract from the book "Four hours in Me Lai", written by Michael Bilton in 1992. The book is about the events that happened in My Lai, and it endeavours to explain why the USA lost the war in Vietnam. It is targeting mainly the adult population, in England, the USA and other English speaking countries. On one hand it does have sufficient evidence to explain why there was an anti-war movement as the content is all true. It states the high death rate and inexperience of all the USA's soldiers, which were two big reasons for the anti-war movement. This is also what Martin Luther King spoke of in his anti-war speeches. The main reason for it not having sufficient evidence is that it was written well after the war had ended, and therefore could have no direct influence on the anti-war movements in the 1960-1970's.
Source B is a well-known photograph, to which the photographer is unknown. It was taken at some point during the Vietnam war but there
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