The Vietnam War had originally started because of a long-standing conflict between France and Vietnam. After being defeated, France was forced to leave Vietnam after 100 years of colonial rule. A force of Nationalists under the direction of General Vo Nguyen Giap attacked French troops. (Karnow pg. 238). This battle made the French realize that they could not maintain their indochinese colonies any longer. France then signed the Geneva Peace Accords. (Johnson pg. 754). The Geneva Peace Accords were intended reunify North and South Vietnam. The United States did not agree with these terms, as they were worried that communism would spread. This was known as the "Domino Effect." (Encyclopedia Americana). In 1955, with the help of massive amounts of American military, political, and economic aid, the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam)

The United States intervention in the Vietnamese was a waste of time, resources and life. The United States did all of this to maintain alliances and prevent the spread of communism. In so doing, they failed to prevent the spread of communism, failed to maintain any alliances and in the mean time lost billions of dollars and millions of lives as well. The Vietnam war proved nothing and gained nothing. No war is good but a war fought for all the wrong reasons is doubly evil.

This conflict had a great impact on the country of Vietnam, both ecologically and socially, as well as an enormous impact on the U.S.A. Immediately following the gulf Tonkin resolution, in which the government gave the order to attack. There was protest in the U.S.A. In 1965, students and teachers started to have things called "teach-ins." (Lipsman pg. 762). These "teach-ins" were organized discussions about the moral aspects of the war. They were originally started at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley. These discussions soon led to organized protests by students. The first organized protest took place on April 1965, there were over 20,000 protesters present. (Lipsman pg. 797). People also stated that the Vietnam War was racist, because of the attitude towards the Vietnamese and the amount of African-American troops being sent over to fight. People such as Malcolm X, and Stokley Carmichael agreed with these allegations. In 1967 Martin Luther King delivered a major address at New York's Riverside Church in which he condemned the war, calling the United States "the world's greatest purveyor of violence." (Encyclopedia Americana). On October 15, 1969 people across the country participated in the largest one-day protest regarding the war. Nixon despite the protest claimed that there was a "great Silent majority." (Lipsman Pg. 797). In November 1969, over 40,000 students gathered in Washington D.C for the mob

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