Vietnam and Effects on Australian Society
Hypothesis: The Vietnam Veteran undertook a different experience on their return from duty than that was previously seen in Australian history.Focus Question: Discuss the experiences of returning Australian service man from the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was different to all other wars seen in Australian history. It was an undeclared war with an enemy that was able to become part of a Vietnam community or was the community for example the Australian army had to search the village of Phuoc Hai. Due to government policies and the influence of the new medium of media showing images of whole villages being destroyed the war became extremely unpopular in Australia over its ten year span. The Vietnam War left very few Australians untouched as the society saw a long period of challenge and defiance towards authority. Consequently due to the views of the war and the fact that Australia and America lost the war, Australian serviceman who served voluntarily or were conscripted into the war endured a prolonged period of ‘unwelcome’. This created much hostility and in Australian society. The ‘Vietnam Veteran’ was existent in Australia in the year’s post Vietnam withdrawal (VW). However they held a very low and at t
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Approximate Word count = 1009
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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