The Vietnam war that had taken place from 1955 until 1975 was a very integral part of American culture during that time. It disrupted the normalcy of American life as it grew from the rising tensions of the Cold War and was fueled by a hatred for communism. It had heavily altered the American people’s perspective on Vietnam and Asian countries in general. The everyday lives of Americans had been significantly altered during this time, especially young men who had to be forcefully drafted into a war as they were coming of age. This would have also been during the height of the Anti-War movement. Due to the Vietnam war being one of the very first conflicts to be covered by the media during the growing of television during the 1950s, this would’ve heavily influenced the people’s outlook on what was happening in real time for the first time ever. This would have been a conflict that civilians were not able to completely detach themselves from. During this rise of the Anti-War movement there also came a lot of criticism against the government, such as the Mayday Protest in 1971, which had attempted to seize some sort of control and prevent the government from being able to function.

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