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Kind of going off of Ashley and Jason's comments, what did you all think about the remark that Vietnam was a "white man's war"? -Kelly Wuyscik | Kind of going off of Ashley and Jason's comments, what did you all think about the remark that Vietnam was a "white man's war"? -Kelly Wuyscik | ||
| − | Kelly, I have to say that I found that remark incredibly inaccurate. This was the first war fought by a desegregated military. As Dr. McClurken mentioned in class, this was a war fought overwhelmingly by working class whites and black soldiers. In Vietnam, for the first time in American history, we saw a class and racial disconnect in the makeup of our military forces. - Sarah Richardson | + | Kelly, I have to say that I found that remark incredibly inaccurate. This was the first war fought by a desegregated military. As Dr. McClurken mentioned in class, this was a war fought overwhelmingly by working class whites and black soldiers. In Vietnam, for the first time in American history, we saw a class and racial disconnect in the makeup of our military forces. Vietnam was fought by those disadvantaged by society: young, poor white and black men. Not exactly those you think of when describing the makeup of congress or the presidency. - Sarah Richardson |
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
