reason for Australia’s willingness to be part of the war. Australia’s ties with the US also impacted on the decision of going to war‚ as we wanted to continue to have a good relationship with America and wanted to follow through with ANZUS treaty. Conscription was a big issue for Australia going into the war. 20‚000 soldiers had no other choice to go to the war‚ based on their birthdates being picked out of a barrel. 30‚000 Australians enlisted to fight for their country‚ this created impact as there
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Why did Australia fight in Vietnam? Retro 2‚ p. 202-203. One land many stories‚ p. 182-183 Inquiry question. Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? How did various groups respond to Australia‟s involvement in the Vietnam War? From 1962 until 1972 Australia was involved in the Vietnam War. Approximately 47 000 Australian men and a large number of women severed there. The decision to commit troops to the conflict centred on the fear of communism. Why did Australia become involved
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government announced the reintroduction of conscription. The public responded to this issue by organising group and protests; in some cases‚ people refused their conscription. One of the main influencing groups was the “Save our Sons” movement‚ which consisted of Sydney ‘mothers’ to voice their opposition to the forced slaughter of their sons in the Vietnam War. In July 1965‚ a Sydney school teacher‚ Bill White became the first draftee to refuse his conscription to duty. In April 1970‚ the prime
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These chapters are the core of the book and its most original contribution. Chapter 4 treats Mawlay Isma’il’s conscription of black Moroccans. This conscription‚ which began in the 1670s‚ was deeply controversial‚ in part because it often meant the enslavement of an established‚ non-slave Muslim population from within Morocco‚ and in part because it destabilized established relationships
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How did different groups within Australia respond to the war in Vietnam? Groups of Australians responded to the Vietnam War in diverse ways and these responses changed as the war went forward. This was because during the war the public were heavily exposed to violence and a firsthand sight of the war through television. Most Australians supported our involvement in the early years as it was seen as a black and white war‚ good vs evil and capitalist vs communist. In 1962 Prime Minister Menzies supported
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eg in 1965 it passed a resolution expressing concern rather than taking industrial action. By 1969 anti-war protests were gathering momentum in Australia. Opposition to conscription mounted‚ as more people came to believe the war could not be won. A "Don’t register" campaign to dissuade young men from registering for conscription gained increasing support and some of the protests grew violent. Forms of Protest • Teach-ins took place from 1965. Speakers holding a variety of opinions debated the
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Julie Taymor’s film ’Across the Universe’ demonstrates a time of turbulence and conflict; it is a reflection of American society‚ during the 1960’s through the eyes of the youth. The film portrays events such as: the civil rights movement‚ the war in Vietnam‚ the peace movement and the challenging of traditional values all accompanied by Beatles music. This helps to create a sense of the era and to express the feelings of the main six characters. The momentum of significant social and cultural change
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It’s traditionally perceived that Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the event/action that caused Australian society to change. The Vietnam War was the major push or an impetus for change in Australia and gave the new counterculture great momentum that eventually helped the counterculture to challenge the government and contribute to change in Australia. The result was a dramatic change in Australia’s society‚ irrevocably changing the once conservative culture to today’s modern multi-cultural
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Creedence Clearwater Revival‚ was released in September 1969‚ during the height of the Vietnam War. During this time‚ conscription played a prominent role in recruiting men for the United States to combat the communist forces in South-East Asia‚ though it was not without criticism and opposition. “Fortunate Son” offers a voice to the anti-war movement. Its arguments against conscription‚ as well as against the prevailing U.S. policy of containment (of communism)‚ were echoed by a large segment of America
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Van Cong Vu Class: L7F Date: 22.07.2013 Essay: Bring back conscription & Conscription? No way! The number of people who are joining the military is decrease sharply in recent years. Some people think that it is a good thing because war is not happening. However‚ other people argue that young people need to join the army to build their characteristics and improve their physically. According to Dennis De Souza in ‘’Conscription? No way!”‚ published in Daily Tribune on Wednesday 3 November
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