Vietnam War Poster Analysis

the Vietnam War and is where the presidents felt the most opposition from. Media did use many other tactics to show their opposition to the war. Just as the United States government was using Uncle Sam to get support of the war, anti-war posters gained popularity during the time of the Vietnam War. Posters which said “draft beer, not students” and “girls say yes to boys who say no” quickly appeared all over college campuses, streets and public areas. The poster that said “girls say yes to boys who say” supported the draft resistance and all the proceeds from the poster went directly to that. There was even a poster that read “Nixon: mass murderer. Stop the bombing now”. In this poster they used a swastika for the “x” in Nixon’s name comparing him to Adolf Hilter. Posters also encourage peace and to end the end. One was supported by the National Student Anti-War Conference and stated “US out of Vietnam, peace for life on earth”. Posters as a form of anti-war media clearly showed the opposition felt towards the war. The younger generation, particularly college students continued to show their opposition to the war with protests on their college campuses. Anti-Vietnam protests appeared all over the country on various campuses. One of the most famous student protests would be the …show more content…
The singer Donovan brought fame to both these songs with covers he performed. Both of these songs focus on the tragedy of the Vietnam War and the soldiers who are there fighting. There is a line in “The War Drags” on which really shows the doubt people have about what exactly is going on in Vietnam. “They're just there to try and make the people free. But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me. Just more bloodletting and misery and tears. That this poor country's known for the last twenty years.” Vietnam was a bloody