Anti-Vietnam War Movement in the U.S.

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"During most of America's history war has been glorified. Whether for political or economic reasons, the government has presented the option of war as real and necessary for the survival of the union. However, the attitude of embracing war has not necessarily been the typical one. In each of America's conflicts, large segments of the population have been critical of the war effort, and even larger numbers have been apathetic.

After World War II and the Atomic Age, though, the attitude toward warfare changed. No longer was one government simply stating that it had the power or might to destroy another government. The stakes had jumped to even higher levels - mankind was now capable of destroying all of mankind.
Some scholars have commented that the voices of those who protested America's involvement in war, ?sometimes muted but often ... "

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