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Vietnam War; Impact of motivations of soldiers and the attitude towards the war

Vietnam war is considered one of the longest wars which lasted for at least twenty years. However, it was a bloody war which took the lives of more than 2 million people, and most of them were civilians. In addition, the United States got involved in the war to fight against communism along with its allies (Stur, n.p). History says that the president Lyndon Johnson dramatically accelerated the US involvement in this conflict. Likewise, he sent hundreds of thousands of the United States Ground troops to participate in the war. In the end, the US couldn't continue with the war and withdrew its forces from the fight. There are several reasons for giving up.

The first thing is that most of the soldiers participated in the war were between 17-25 years age ("The Vietnam War," n.p). There was not any proper training, and they were even unaware of their skills. Every man had his own reasons to fight in this war. Some of them were fighting for the sake of the country, some were interested to be in an army, and some of them needed money to support their families. However, many of the youth in America also volunteered for the war which had a drastic effect on their identity formation influenced by the quality of experiences they faced in Vietnam. At the same time, there was no commitment to the war because most of the soldiers had no idea why they were fighting (Hochgesang et al., n.p). In addition, there was a lot of controversy and confusion over the US participation in the Vietnam war which initiated anti-war protests in the United States. Moreover, there was a lack of a strong moral and political pursuit for the war, so it was difficult for the soldiers to control and foresee the events. Therefore, soldiers felt hopeless and lack of connectedness. As a result, they could not be able to achieve the objectives of the US.

Works Cited

Hochgesang, Josh et al. "The Psychological Effects Of The Vietnam War." Web.Stanford.Edu, 2019, https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/war_peace/media/hpsych.html. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

Stur, Heather. "Why The United States Went To War In Vietnam - Foreign Policy Research Institute." Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2017, https://www.fpri.org/article/2017/04/united-states-went-war-vietnam/. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

"The Vietnam War." Khan Academy, 2019, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1960s-america/a/the-vietnam-war. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

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