War Seen as Catalyst for Decade of U S Change
A sweeping analysis of how the Vietnam War permeated American life from campuses to cities, altering politics, culture, and personal beliefs. It traces protest, draft resistance, shifts in public trust, and the long fading of wartime resolve through interviews with educators, veterans, and observers.
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Pacific
Indochina
Kent State
Herbert Aptheker
American Communist Party
University of Wisconsin
Canada
Vietnam
Students For A Democratic Society
Country Club
Dean Phillips
Vietnam Veterans Against
Martin Luther King
Watts
Detroit
Newark
Washington
Peace dividend myth debunked by Pentagon officials
Pentagon officials say the expected peace dividend from Vietnam War end does not exist. Since 1965 the U S spent 135.5 billion on the war, second only to World War I's 330 billion, while projected savings evaporated due to inflation and pay and retirement costs.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
United States
Robert Moot
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