Students were often at the front line of the protests as they were the most radical. They organized ‘teach-ins’ and occupied their universities in protest of the war. The students would stage acts of civil disobedience, and publicly burned draft cards and other items promoting the war. ‘Stop the draft week’ rallied 30,000 people to go on a march to the pentagon,[35] resulting, like the majority of protests, in riots against the police force.
The movement was an effective way of preventing further involvement and intervention in Vietnam, proven by president Nixon’s abandonment of ‘Operation Duck Hook. Massive public outcry and demonstrations erupted after the invasion of Cambodia and prompted the US Government to prevent further escalation.
The movement was an effective way of preventing further involvement and intervention in Vietnam, proven by president Nixon’s abandonment of ‘Operation Duck Hook. Massive public outcry and demonstrations erupted after the invasion of Cambodia and prompted the US Government to prevent further escalation.