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The Vietnam War was the most controversial war in American history. Costing more than 47,000 U.S. lives and $140,000,000, the war had momentous impact on the country, politically, economically, and socially. More significantly, the United States failed to achieve its stated war aims, for the first time in history. The goal ....
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.... arose as antiwar radicals besieged a draft center in Oakland, California.
Such strong opposition amongst the public was echoed by objection to the war in the political world. Public protesting forced congressmen to reexamine the justice of the war, and politicians such as Senator William Fulbright were sharply critical of America’s policy. By 1967, even Defense Secretary Robert McNamara opposed President Johnson’s course of escalation. Although doves were a prominent minority, the adversary force they created was enough to undermine the will of the ....
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