Great essay. Thank you. But as someone who was part of the anti-war movement during that period, I can attest that there was tremendous opposition to the Vietnam War because of moral objections , but also because the draft impacted a broad demographic of young men (but particularly black men.) This is link to footage of one of the largest marches/actions that temporarily shut down parts of DC. There were so many arrests police requisitioned a sports stadium to house protesters. A friend masqueraded as a lawyer and managed to get dozens of people released into his custody or on their own recognizance. While the anti-war movement was not embraced by the majority in the US, it was influential and disruptive enough to cause serious concern and counterintelligence efforts within the US government.
It is sobering to consider all that could be accomplished if the US did not spend astronomical sums on war. Thank you for this excellent essay.
Great essay. Thank you. But as someone who was part of the anti-war movement during that period, I can attest that there was tremendous opposition to the Vietnam War because of moral objections , but also because the draft impacted a broad demographic of young men (but particularly black men.) This is link to footage of one of the largest marches/actions that temporarily shut down parts of DC. There were so many arrests police requisitioned a sports stadium to house protesters. A friend masqueraded as a lawyer and managed to get dozens of people released into his custody or on their own recognizance. While the anti-war movement was not embraced by the majority in the US, it was influential and disruptive enough to cause serious concern and counterintelligence efforts within the US government.
https://archive.org/details/2J2E3zrHnjznpbYfj37510iA1lzCoa
Actually the footage is clips from the big Washington march as well as clips from campuses and other locations across the country leading up to it.