HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Protest Song, Class War, Left-Wing Politics

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Rejecting conformities of the fifties, consumption, war, suburbs, cold war paranoia, hysteria. The(cid:455) (cid:449)ere (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g out of the politi(cid:272)al (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)the ne(cid:449) left(cid:863) // the sixties. Impact of vietnam (cid:862)the i(cid:454)ties(cid:863: (cid:862)the ne(cid:449) left(cid:863) is respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for (cid:272)reati(cid:374)g the at(cid:373)osphere the hippies (cid:449)ere creating, wanted a new order where societies most exclusive people can take advantage and control too. Reaction to cold war policy since 1945. By 1960s that cold war hotspot jumped from korea to vietnam. Northern vietnam (communist) and southern vietnam (democracy) U poli(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:449)as to support go(cid:448)"t i(cid:374) south viet(cid:374)a(cid:373) Fear was they were going to spread the communist ideal to south vietnam. 82% of americans agreed we should stay in vietnam until we secure it (popular at first) Then nixon gets elected 1968 war goes increasingly unpopular. Hundreds of americans seem to be dying every week, no outcome in sight, unwinnable. 1968 nixon platform withdraw troops train vietnamese people and supply them.

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