Social Effects Of The Vietnam War
The Vietnam war began on November 1, 1955, and ended on April 30, 1975, lasting a lengthy twenty years. The conflict began with the government of North Vietnam, supported by Viet Cong, and South Vietnam, as both sides wanted to reunify the country, however, they both had different viewpoints as to how they wanted to rule the country. The northern government demanded to install communism, a word originating from latin, meaning common, or universal. In a political aspect, the government wanted everything to be done, or owned collectively, there would be no social classes to differentiate the people, along with common ownership of the lands and resources. The Vietnam War was a famous war, however, not because of its positive impacts. The war
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People in colleges wanted to have freedom and not to have to worry about being taken away for war. In fact, “According to a survey by the Veterans Administration, some 500,000 of the 3 million troops who served in Vietnam suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and rates of divorce, suicide, alcoholism and drug addiction were markedly higher among veterans”(Vietnam War). However, in Vietnam there were people willing to fight for the freedom from communist and back in the U.S. there were fights dividing the country.In a cultural aspect, after the war there was devastation. Families asking themselves, “What was of this war?”. Families that lost the lives of fathers and sons. Soldiers came home to people who did not know how to accept them back in. Since people thought the Vietnam war was useless, many had turned away from the people who had fought. People did not care what happened, they only cared what happened at home. By the end of the war America had realized that they had lost time, money, and money on a war that they didn’t need to be involved in. In the end, the U.S. had lost the war. The world was terrified of the effect Vietnam war going to have. Everyone was afraid that many countries were going to follow the same path and fall into communism. The loss of our war led into communism that fell in to countries like Cambodia, Laos, and
People in colleges wanted to have freedom and not to have to worry about being taken away for war. In fact, “According to a survey by the Veterans Administration, some 500,000 of the 3 million troops who served in Vietnam suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and rates of divorce, suicide, alcoholism and drug addiction were markedly higher among veterans”(Vietnam War). However, in Vietnam there were people willing to fight for the freedom from communist and back in the U.S. there were fights dividing the country.In a cultural aspect, after the war there was devastation. Families asking themselves, “What was of this war?”. Families that lost the lives of fathers and sons. Soldiers came home to people who did not know how to accept them back in. Since people thought the Vietnam war was useless, many had turned away from the people who had fought. People did not care what happened, they only cared what happened at home. By the end of the war America had realized that they had lost time, money, and money on a war that they didn’t need to be involved in. In the end, the U.S. had lost the war. The world was terrified of the effect Vietnam war going to have. Everyone was afraid that many countries were going to follow the same path and fall into communism. The loss of our war led into communism that fell in to countries like Cambodia, Laos, and