Krishna Gupta
History 1302-63013
Music as History
Theme- Antiwar movement against Vietnam War, 1960s-1970s Vietnam War, the second Indochina war, began on November 1, 1995 and ended on April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the North Vietnam and the government of the South Vietnam. South Vietnamese army was supported by America, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other non-communist allies while North Vietnamese army were supported by China, Soviet Union and other communist allies. As per the articles published on the History.com, ‘The movement against the American involvement in the Vietnam war had begun very early among the peace activist and leftist intellectual. After the American plan began bombing in the North Korea, several critics arose to oppose the government decision of bombing in the North Vietnam as the government were fighting democratic war to free South Vietnamese people from the Communist …show more content…
In 1966, the song was released with the intention to end the war. This title track song was made on the basis of the speech delivered by Pope Paul VI to the United Nations General Assembly on 4 October 1965. Well, Pope not exactly pointed the war going on Vietnam but he gave the speech on the topic Peace and War. After the day Pope delivered the speech, the song was written. As per the detail information on youtube, ‘Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber aired an early demo recording on 6 October 1965, two days after the speech, on the WBAI radio station.’ Moreover, the lyrics had been re-phrased another section of the Pope's speech: ‘We can't be brothers 'till the weapons fall from our hands’ as per the detail information on youtube. Finally, in this way, the song is made on the basis of message delivered by Pope. Moreover, the artist is really very frustrated and sad because of the war and is convincing the politician to stop the war bring the name of higher personality like
History 1302-63013
Music as History
Theme- Antiwar movement against Vietnam War, 1960s-1970s Vietnam War, the second Indochina war, began on November 1, 1995 and ended on April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the North Vietnam and the government of the South Vietnam. South Vietnamese army was supported by America, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other non-communist allies while North Vietnamese army were supported by China, Soviet Union and other communist allies. As per the articles published on the History.com, ‘The movement against the American involvement in the Vietnam war had begun very early among the peace activist and leftist intellectual. After the American plan began bombing in the North Korea, several critics arose to oppose the government decision of bombing in the North Vietnam as the government were fighting democratic war to free South Vietnamese people from the Communist …show more content…
In 1966, the song was released with the intention to end the war. This title track song was made on the basis of the speech delivered by Pope Paul VI to the United Nations General Assembly on 4 October 1965. Well, Pope not exactly pointed the war going on Vietnam but he gave the speech on the topic Peace and War. After the day Pope delivered the speech, the song was written. As per the detail information on youtube, ‘Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber aired an early demo recording on 6 October 1965, two days after the speech, on the WBAI radio station.’ Moreover, the lyrics had been re-phrased another section of the Pope's speech: ‘We can't be brothers 'till the weapons fall from our hands’ as per the detail information on youtube. Finally, in this way, the song is made on the basis of message delivered by Pope. Moreover, the artist is really very frustrated and sad because of the war and is convincing the politician to stop the war bring the name of higher personality like