The Vietnam War: The Anti-War Movement In The United States

Death and destruction was not the only outcomes that derived from World War II. Discontent with the economy, the United States defeat in Vietnam, and decolonization were the pertinent issues of 1945 to 1975. In 1944, much reform was being made to the way the western part of the world conducted their trade practices. The western capitalist countries created a new international monetary system in which supply and demand determined prices. This prevented producers from manufacturing more of a certain product if the consumer world didn’t have a significant need for it. They also created a system of exchange rates, an International Monetary Fund, and a World Bank. This proved to be a very effective financial system. It created the foundation of our monetary …show more content…
Many of the United States citizens felt as though the United States should have never sent military troops to participate in the Vietnam War. South Vietnam were opposing the new communist ideals that North Vietnam were imposing and declared war on North Vietnam. The United States troops were sent to aid South Vietnam defensively. In 1953, after much bloodshed, North and South Korea made a truce at the thirty-eighth parallel. Americans withheld their most defensive military tactics in an attempt to prevent China from entering the war. The existence of weapons of mass destruction affected every aspect of the Cold war. The United States were fearful of the Soviet Union using their nuclear weapons to destroy their country. The Soviets did indeed surprise the Americans when they chose to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba in response to American deployment in Turkey. Soviet leader Kruschev backed down and withdrew the missiles from Cuba. The European nations sought to relax the tension between the east and west, which led to the signing of the Helsinki