A Generation in War and Turmoil: The Agony of Vietnam

A Generation in War and Turmoil: The Agony of Vietnam The assignment is to: 1. List and discuss four changes in the lifestyles of some Americans during the post-World War 2 era. 2. Describe the major American foreign policy decisions concerning Vietnam between 1945 and 1966 under the administrations of: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. 3. Answer the question, Was the Vietnam War a “poor man’s” war? Explain. Question 1. “Veterans returning from …

…There was, however, an underside to the so-called affluent society. Indeed, many Americans did not share in its benefits at all. As middle-class whites fled to the suburbs, conditions in the cities deteriorated…African Americans, Latin American immigrants, the elderly, and unskilled white immigrants—urban areas struggled to finance essential city services such as police and fire protection.” The rural areas are where the poverty and the victims of poverty could be found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**