The Aftermath of the Media Coverage on the Vietnam War The roots of the Vietnam War trace back to the Cold War and WWI (military.history.about.com). It started as a result of U.S. strategy of containment during the Cold War, which strived to prevent the spread of communism around the world. (thevietnamwar.info). Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Mark, advocating class war and is paid according to their abilities and needs. (merriam-webster.com). America believed that communism was threatening to spread all over East Asia. As a result, the Soviet Union and the U.S. could not have a war against one another; instead they used other countries to fight for them. The Soviet Union used China, and the U.S. used Vietnam. (historylearningsite.co.uk).
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history. In agreement with this statement President Nixon had stated, “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.” (brainyquote.com). The media coverage on the Vietnam War was the first war that gave the press full freedom to what was publicized. This enabled the media to publish atrocious shocking images without any type of censorship (trincoll.edu). At first, the public weren’t as familiar with television/media. Gradually television/media became more and more popular with the public. …show more content…
A total of 2.5 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, either being soldiers, officers, advisors, nurses, or doctors. When they arrived back to the U.S. they were mistreated. A personal experience from Rand Miller talks about his treatment as a returning veteran, “ Problems started immediately when we came back, people were demonstrating against the war at the airport and train stations and against us, many spit on us, and called us rude names, there were even posters with; “baby killers” and “murderers” written on them,” (tronne2004.tripod.com). While most veterans, succeeded in making the transition to the civilian life, many did not
history. In agreement with this statement President Nixon had stated, “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.” (brainyquote.com). The media coverage on the Vietnam War was the first war that gave the press full freedom to what was publicized. This enabled the media to publish atrocious shocking images without any type of censorship (trincoll.edu). At first, the public weren’t as familiar with television/media. Gradually television/media became more and more popular with the public. …show more content…
A total of 2.5 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, either being soldiers, officers, advisors, nurses, or doctors. When they arrived back to the U.S. they were mistreated. A personal experience from Rand Miller talks about his treatment as a returning veteran, “ Problems started immediately when we came back, people were demonstrating against the war at the airport and train stations and against us, many spit on us, and called us rude names, there were even posters with; “baby killers” and “murderers” written on them,” (tronne2004.tripod.com). While most veterans, succeeded in making the transition to the civilian life, many did not