The music did not escalate the crisis because the crisis was more or less over when the song was released, however, it did voice the opinions of many people about the war. The song became very popular because so many people were able to relate to it after the Vietnam War. Thousands of people lost a family member: a husband, a son, father, or a fiancé and learned from a letter or military personnel what had become of their loved one. Hundreds of thousands of people had their loved one return, but they were never the same. It was almost as bad as losing them all together because of the PTSD, loss of limbs, or mental changes that their loved one had to face after returning to American soil. Many soldiers can be taken out of the war, but that does not stop the wars raging on inside their
The music did not escalate the crisis because the crisis was more or less over when the song was released, however, it did voice the opinions of many people about the war. The song became very popular because so many people were able to relate to it after the Vietnam War. Thousands of people lost a family member: a husband, a son, father, or a fiancé and learned from a letter or military personnel what had become of their loved one. Hundreds of thousands of people had their loved one return, but they were never the same. It was almost as bad as losing them all together because of the PTSD, loss of limbs, or mental changes that their loved one had to face after returning to American soil. Many soldiers can be taken out of the war, but that does not stop the wars raging on inside their