Perhaps more than any other conflict in U.S. history, the Vietnam War divided the nation as it elicited debates over U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia. A diverse range of people increasingly opposed the Vietnam War, and used an array of tactics and texts to persuade fellow citizens to end the conflict. In addition to the numerous marches and protests, anti-war proponents created a tremendous archive of documents that express how and why they felt the Vietnam War was unnecessary, illegitimate, and/or immoral.
In this paper, students will assess and evaluate the rationales for why people in the 1960s and early 1970s opposed the Vietnam War. The goal of this paper is not to take a side in this debate; rather, it is to try to understand the arguments against the war made at the time. To do so, students will engage with the three texts:
Peter Davis (director), Hearts and Minds
John Kerry, Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Julian Bond/SNCC, Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic
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