Explain why there were such different reactions in the USA to the country's involvement in the conflict in Vietnam in the 1960's
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Explain why there were such different reactions in the USA to the country's involvement in the conflict in Vietnam in the 1960's There were many different reactions to the war in Vietnam in the 1960's. There were many different factors that effected peoples reaction to the war within the media. Peoples' reactions also changed as the war intensified. Hawks were people who believed that the war should take place and people that were against the war were known as Doves. There were plenty of reasons for which people wanted the war in Vietnam to occur. Firstly, gun manufacturers such as 'Armalite', who manufactured the M16, were for the involvement of the USA in Vietnam because they could make money out of the retailing of these products to Americans as well as selling them to Vietnamese people. This then stimulated them to make more weapons and thus make more money. Another reason that made...

