The Anti-War Movement in the United States in late 1960's

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The Anti-War Movement in the United States in late 1960's

The following seven sources all relate to Vietnam. Some are useful in

explaining why there was an anti-war movement, other aren't as useful.

The anti-war movement started in 1968. In 1965 80% of American's

supported the war yet only 3 years later in 1968 only 51% of

American's supported the war, clearly something had change in the

minds of the American people.

Source A the first of the seven sources is written by Michael Bilton,

a former solider in Vietnam and was in service during the My Lai

massacre. It was published in1992, this meant that that the cold war

was over and so Michael Bilton shouldn't be bias towards communism,

but this of course this might not be entirely true. Written to the

American public and the rest of the world to try and excuse America

losing the war. I don't think that this is a very good source for

explaining why there was anti-war movement because it is trying to

justify why the Americans did what they did, and why America ended up

losing the war. It says how stupid all the troop are and how they

wouldn't normally be allowed to join the army under regular

conditions. It moreover says that most soldiers were most likely to

die in the first month; we don't know how accurate this is. This could

have been true for his regiment but could have been bias in saying

this statement because it is summing up the whole war where this

probably wasn't true and was just saying to this to justify America

losing the war further. I don't think this source really contributed

towards the anti-war movement because there are no horrific stories

told in the source which would outrage American people but it does say

that America was sending out a load of incompetent soldiers against

highly skilled Vietnamese guerrillas. This might upset the American

people because it was no wonder they were losing the war.

The second source is a photograph of a pair of Vietnamese children

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