Before the attack on Pearl Harbor many people had different opinions on whether or not the United States should join the war or not. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the whole United States wanted redemption and wanted to go to war. This is when the United States came together as one to become a strong and powerful nation. The draft provided over 16 million troops between the ages eighteen to forty five.…
Did you know that soldiers find it terribly rude, and disrespectful to dodge the war after being chosen? Also, have you ever realized how much these soldiers are sacrificing in order for us to have freedom and equality? Also, being in the war will protect our constitution, which has guided our whole country for hundreds of years. Consider these reasons before dodging the war, these are all reasons why I would never dodge the war. Draft Dodgers were disrespected by soldiers, this meaning, the soldiers that are fighting in the war and sacrificing their lives for us don’t like the people who didn’t come to war.…
Imagine you just get home and there’s a letter in your mail from the government, the letter was asking for all your information because they wanted to draft you for the war. Most people wouldn’t be happy with getting a letter from the government saying that they had to go off and fight in the war and not having a decision. The draft is mainly held so they can have help in the war and so they can have a better chance of winning the war.…
The Anti-war movement started during the 1960s and shaped America’s public opinion on conflicts for years to come. As in all its conflicts, the support of the people on the homefront influences America’s military commitment.. Without Homefront support, the American war machine dies. American pop culture during the 60s and 70s, sought to change public opinion against the Vietnam War. Through blatant anti-war lyrics to their actions, the popular artists and musicians of the era influenced the mindset of a generation to oppose the military actions in Vietnam.…
In 1960 many protests and anti-war rallies started because President Johnson wanted to send more troops to Vietnam. In 1965 there were at least 20,000 troops in Vietnam, but by the end of 1965 the number had increased to 200,000. In order to do this, the army used the draft. Most of the soldiers who were drafted were from poor, low-class families, this led to them being mistreated.…
When a country can produce more troops than its enemy, as well as support from citizens the chances of victory weigh more than defeat. It is apparent that America’s government understood this concept when the Vietnam War took root. The Vietnam War consisted of a draft concluding all men from the ages of 18-25are required to fight in war. Fanatically deprived young men, who could not avoid the draft by paying for college, predominantly made up the capacity of troops. Conversely the rise of civil rights movement and the hippie movement gave a voice to young men who refused to fight in the Vietnam War and resisted the draft.…
Vietnam, a Necessary War? The Vietnam War is very controversial in the sense that people disagree over whether America should have entered or not. Two people who capture the feelings of both sides well are Michael Lind who wrote “A Necessary War” and Fredrik Logevall who wrote “An Avoidable Catastrophe”. Both of these works represent either side of the controversy of entering the war.…
The Vietnam War happened from 1954 until 1975. It was a long, bloody and costly conflict between North Vietnam and its southern allies, Viet Cong, and the South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States to combat communist forces. However, United States didn’t participate in the war from the beginning. Ball considered that United States involvement in the Vietnam War would be unsuccessful, firstly because United States didn’t have the right equipment that could compete with the “guerrilla warfare tactics”. Secondly, since the war was fought on their territory, they knew it better than anybody else and since Vietnam didn’t really cooperate with U.S. forces that would make it difficult for U.S to spread in their society.…
Speaking of the biggest US failures in US History, one must talk about the Vietnam War. With the mindset that Vietnam will fall under the evil shadows of communism like China, Lyndon B. Johnson escalated the Vietnam War by aiding South Vietnam militarily as well as financially against the communist North. The US fully intervened in Vietnam after the US Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which allowed Johnson to take whatever action he thought was appropriate after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The incident was that the USS Maddox claimed North Vietnamese torpedo boats had once again attacked US patrol ships. Even though Captain Herrick sent a later message claiming that he was mistaken about the attack, the final part of the message was ignored by Johnson and his advisors who continued with the retaliation…
The U.S. committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I 'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated (George Wald, BrainyQuote). The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials to punish the Nazis and other people involved in the Holocaust accused of horrible crimes during World War II. The crimes against humanity and war were common crimes to be convicted for at the time. The trials at Nuremberg are so important in history today because they were a warning to those who try to commit genocide in the future because those that tried were sentenced, and those that will attempt will be taken down.…
In this class so far we have looked at the history of the United States since the end of the Civil War, more specifically 1877. We have gone over a lot of different times and events in America. Wars, social movements, and cultural changes that further altered the United States into the nation it is today. Within this paper we shall hit on some key time periods in our history that shows great revolution and change in our society, politics, and economic status as a nation. Without the changes within these periods of time we may have ended up on a whole other spectrum than where we sit today.…
The Vietnam War is one that cannot be justified by the Just War theory because of the crimes that took place. The U.S had caused military action in Vietnam, but the question of the action’s legitimacy remains. Arguably, the war was unjust. For example, there were several victims who could be heard begging for mercy. On the other hand, the military claimed to be following orders hence lacked to take personal responsibility for their actions (Janda, 1995).…
Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affected popular trust in the government. During his 1968 campaign, Nixon promised that he had a “secret plan” to put an end the Vietnam War. Once he was in office, he created a new policy called Vietnamization. With this, U.S. troops would slowly be withdrawn while South Vietnamese troops, backed by U.S. bombing, would take up fighting. However, Vietnamization did not end the war or end the antiwar movement like Nixon had planned.…
The draft is a very important part of previous world wars, but the world wars were the sole purpose of this governmental system. During this time, the United States is not completely at ease with all other nations, but is certainly not in any raging war. The only reason there would be a need for a military draft is if there were not enough Americans joining the army during a time of need. Luckily, the United States is in a rather peaceful state and there are many young American’s joining different military departments and branches every single day. Thus, it should be recognized that there is no need for more military members to be recruited, who would require new training and cost the government extra money.…
Once again the draft has been called back into question, like a lot of other people i don't think that there should be a draft. But first what is a draft? A draft is a way for a for a country to get a lot man power very fast, these people are selected at random to fight in the war at the time. The last time the U.S. had a volunteer army was around world war 2 to help raise the fighting number from the smaller than portugal to the biggest army in the world.…