War on television.

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History cores work. Veitnam 2.

War on television

The war in Vietnam was a altogether horrific war, both in physical and mental aspects. Soldiers, like in other wars got horribly killed and injured in extremely inhumane ways, and like other was soldiers also experienced mental problem, both on the filed and after the fighting but the main differences between this war and other wars was the reaction of the people on the home front when the soldiers returned. Unlike other wars before when although the war had been terrible, the soldiers had returned to a war welcome and had been treated like hero’s this time the soldiers were treated like murderers because of the number of innocent civilians that had been killed. and found life at home, in some case, worse then while they were fighting. This led to an alarming statistic which is that moor soldiers committed suicide after the war in Vietnam then were killed in it.

        By the time the war in Vietnam had got started television had became common property in most peoples houses in America. This enabled they American public, for the first time, to see the true horrors of war In graphical, full colour detail. In a statement a BBC commentator said ‘the war on colour television screens in Americans living room has made Americans far more anti-war than anything else. The full brutality of the combat will be there in close up and in colour, and blood looks very read on colour television screens’ this statement suggest that television was one of the main reasons why America lost the war in Vietnam In this essay I am gowning to look at source D-K to see if this is an accurate statement.

        Source D is a north veityenmess poster form the time showing the problems faced by the Americans fighting a gurilar war it shows the Vietnamese soldiers blending into the back ground surroundings, because of they wore civilian clothing and they had good stragey. It also shows they American solider as being black colourd solders on a Wight plane which ilstreght them standing out and being esey targets because of there lesser tactics and there uniforms which made them obvyes targets. Because of this there were many American cashlteys because they were esey target and as a result they Americans often killed civilians because it was impossibly to tell the diffrens between them and the veitumness soilders;. This source goes against the statement that says television was a cause for they Americans losing the war because it is highlighting the fact that it is a very difficult war and they Americans are losing because the Vietnam solders have they upper had tactically (as I have described erlyer in theis paragraph.) It is saying that the Americans were losing on a purely tactical basise. Aloght the fact that this poster is a north veitymens poster must be taken into consideration and the north veitymens are gowning to be byes towards there owen people. Also it must be take into consideration that if this poster was put in the American media then it would make the American people relise what a helpless war it was and go against it.        

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        Source E is a pitcher showing 2 little girls that are both victims of napol, a terrible chemical weapon, it was published in America at the time of the veitnmess war. This pitcher shows the girls running from there homes crying in pain after beying effected by napol. This soures was published to show haw horrific the war really was. It was hoped that the source would tern most Americans against the war. This source supports the idea that television was the reson why the Americans pulled out of the war because from my owen knowledge I know that this ...

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