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"The prolongation of the Vietnamese war created strong reactions even within the US." Explain.

Answer:

Refer to Ans. 3 (HOTS).

(i) Prolonged war of nearly 15 years took a toll of the patience of the people in the US.

(ii) Public opinion was against US involvement in internal matters of Vietnam.

(iii) US failed to achieve its goal of crushing Vietnamese resistance.

(iv) Thousand of young soldiers had lost their lives. Countless Vietnamese civilians had been killed.

(v) Many became disillusioned with US war policies.

(vi) The scholar Noam Chomsky called the war the greatest threat to peace, to national self-determination and to international cooperation.

(vii) The widespread questioning of government policy strengthened moves to negotiate an end to the war.