The Vietnam War has been one of the most terrifying wars United States was ever a part of. The war began in 1955. North Vietnamese leaders and the Vietnam congress were struggling with each other because of their different ideas to reunite Vietnam under a single communist rule, a form of government in which a single party rules the government. North Vietnamese wanted a dictatorship. They wanted a military to rule. On the other hand the Vietnamese congress wanted freedom and establish a democracy. Both powers had different perspectives and had a conflict. The conflict started a colonial war. The South Vietnamese had French support, and later in 1964 they were joined by USA. American Government believed that Communism was threatening democracy
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During the war people had two perspectives: the majority of people believed in the administration policies and supported the idea of entering the war while a fraction of the population resisted the idea and started the revolution. “Many Americans believed that defending South Vietnam from communist aggression was in the national interest” (Weeks). Many soldiers tried to resist being drafted for the war, one of which was the heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Years later Ali declared himself a “conscientious objector” for which he earned a three-year ban from boxing (Vietnam War Protest). The purpose of the revolution was to force the authorities to withdraw complete American involvement. The movement went on for eight continuous years and ended with America leaving Vietnam in …show more content…
uses a lot of emotional references to support his point. “It was sending their sons and their brothers and their husbands to fight and die in extraordinarily high proportions relative to the rest of the population”(Beyond Vietnam). He states this to emotionally influence the women and gain their support against the war. He tries to influence the women against wars. He tells them that their sons and husbands are being sacrificed for something they never volunteered for and their death’s are far crueler than they deserve. He connects a mother and wife’s desires to come forward and protect their sons and husbands. “For the nine following years 1945 we denied the people of Vietnam the right of independence. For nine years we vigorously supported the French in their abortive effort
During the war people had two perspectives: the majority of people believed in the administration policies and supported the idea of entering the war while a fraction of the population resisted the idea and started the revolution. “Many Americans believed that defending South Vietnam from communist aggression was in the national interest” (Weeks). Many soldiers tried to resist being drafted for the war, one of which was the heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Years later Ali declared himself a “conscientious objector” for which he earned a three-year ban from boxing (Vietnam War Protest). The purpose of the revolution was to force the authorities to withdraw complete American involvement. The movement went on for eight continuous years and ended with America leaving Vietnam in …show more content…
uses a lot of emotional references to support his point. “It was sending their sons and their brothers and their husbands to fight and die in extraordinarily high proportions relative to the rest of the population”(Beyond Vietnam). He states this to emotionally influence the women and gain their support against the war. He tries to influence the women against wars. He tells them that their sons and husbands are being sacrificed for something they never volunteered for and their death’s are far crueler than they deserve. He connects a mother and wife’s desires to come forward and protect their sons and husbands. “For the nine following years 1945 we denied the people of Vietnam the right of independence. For nine years we vigorously supported the French in their abortive effort