Question

How did the American public feel about the war in Vietnam? How did the feelings change over time as the war progressed?

Answer 1

The American public had negative intentions about the Vietnam War, Americans were being drafted to a war they knew they were going to win. In other words, American military participants were walking into a death trap. It was truly Lyndon B. Johnson who escalated the war by waging war. He gave himself the right to send troops without congress’s approval by ‘The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.’ Later the right to send troops with congress approval was repealed.

Answer 2

Protests -They had many protests and did not want any involvement in the war and want the Americans to leave

-The American people opposed U.S. involvement.
-People did not respond well to the increasing numbers of troops being sent over seas.
-Protests held by younger and older people, of all classes, religions and ethnic groups. But mainly held on university campuses
-Some attest that U.S. leaders made the war a test of the nations power and leadership.
The effect the war had on the soldiers
-2,600,000 men and women directly affected by the war who had served.
-suffered from pathological problems:
PTSD

The war is still regarded today a war that we should have never fought , so many lives were lost that shouldn't have.