Essay on How the Vietnam War affected the United States

Imagine how most every family in the United States was affected some way or another during the Vietnam War. Parents lost sons, wives lost husbands, sisters lost brothers, and children lost their daddies. A total of over two million lives were lost, and for what? Many people believed that the Vietnam conflicts started in the 1960s. Those many people are wrong (Spooner, 12-15).

It is impossible to exaggerate the colossal effect that the Vietnam War had on my generation. Young people were already in revolt against what they considered was the inhuman capitalist system, even though that system was not experiencing the same scale of economic problems which confront it today (Tober, 71).

The post-1945 boom had not exhausted itself. Students were to the fore in countries such as France, Germany and Britain in ideologically rejecting what capitalism meant: alienation and an exploitative attitude towards the working class and the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America. This was combined with a great yearning for change, which many linked to change in society, eliminating capitalism and establishing a socialist society (Spooner, 12-15).

The 1960s were characterized by the revolt of a whole generation, including those from middle-class backgrounds and even some of the sons and daughters of the ruling class, particularly when they were freed from the constraints of their parents while they attended universities and colleges (Spooner, 12-15).

This was also a barometer of the growing discontent in society in general and particularly amongst working class people. This was manifested in the opposition of the trade unions to the bosses, their system and also the pro-capitalist measures undertaken by the Labor government of Harold Wilson in power between 1964 and 1970 (Tober, 71).

On top of this, came the barbarity of US imperialism in its attempt to defeat the struggles of the Vietnamese workers..................

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