Nationalist Movement in Indo – China Notes

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15. THE ENTRY OF USA INTO THE WAR

  • America was worried about the communist gaining power in Vietnam.
  • The USA was alarmed at the spreading of communist ideologies throughout the world. So they decided to intervene to stop communist.
  • America sent thousands of troops equipped with heavy weapons like tanks, bombs, etc. B52s powerful bomb, Agent Orange, Napalm and Phosphorus bombs.
  1. What was the effect of Vietnamese war within the US? 
  • Many Americans criticized the government for involving in the war.
  • Compulsory service in the army angered the youth especially university graduates.
  • Many of those sent for fight did not belong to privileged elite but were minorities and children of working-class families.
  • The USA media and films played a major role.
  • Hollywood films such as John Wayne‟s Green Berets (1968) supported the war while the films such as Francis Ford Coppola‟s „Apocalypse Now‟ (1939) criticized the war.
  • The Americans understood the power of Nationalism.

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