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1962 after becoming disillusioned with President Kennedy's failure to halt nuclear proliferation. A decidedly middle-class organization sane represented the latest incarnation of traditional liberal peace activism. Their goal was a reduction in nuclear weapons.
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The Vietnam War and its accompanying protest movement represented a fundamental shift in the relationship between political leaders and its citizens. World War II was a conflict that was almost universally lauded as necessary and proper by the people of the United States.
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Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 campaign against Barry Goldwater. Following Johnson's victory, they refrained from antiwar rhetoric to avoid alienating the president and possibly endangering the social programs of the Great Society
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The AntiWar movements started on collage campuses and they gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest. Antiwar movement exposed a deep schism within 1960s American society.
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Vietnam Day a symposium held at Berkeley in October 1965 drew thousands to debate the moral basis of the war. Campus editors formed networks to share information on effective protest methods two of these, the Underground Press Syndicate 1966 and the Liberation News Service 1967 became productive means of disseminating intelligence.
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US military leaders began noticing an increase in traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trail. They suspected major assault coming and soon
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A Group of students from a collage Anti-war marches and other protests such as the ones organized by Students for a Democratic Society attracted a widening base of support over the next three years
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The communist offensive began january 30th 1968 this was the start of the Tet offense. The Tet offense is a series of massive coordinate attacks.
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THe election of 1968 Candidates were Richard Nixon , Hubert Humphrey ,George Wallce
