Those who were effected in the Vietnam war, otherwise known as a conflict, came back from the war with serious mental health effects and disorders such as PTSD and depression. When the soldiers returned, America spent several billion in it's funding to support a variety of the soldiers in field hospitals and in hospitals back in America. The effect the Vietnam war had on civilians back home was the fact that people were dying after being conscripted/drafted to the war, and most of these people could have been scholars or loved by many. People formed opinions mainly on this factor and that lead to many protest and movements. In the main movement, people protested for peace, but behind that, there was also other things happening in the decade. Such things was the movements for black equality and complete desegregation, and the same for Mexicans as they required even further equality in the 60's. Many speeches were given out and by the end of the decade, desegregation was finally in full speed. The war affected people's perceptions of the government as unreliable, they took them as a complete if not near laughing stock. They failed politically and emotionally over the people. Tides were going against the governments and government spending was put to high to suppress people but this was unconstitutional so they had to wait for everything to 'blow over'. People don't trust in the government as they used to, a protective guardian angel was now made into a demon out for taxes and etc.
"Thousands of Americans were killed, wounded, imprisoned, made gravely ill, or driven to death (suiside) by the war. The government finally abolished the draft, which had been a point of great controversy during most of the war (“Working Class War”), and placed limits on the president’s powers through the War Powers Act of 1973 (president must inform Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and 90 day maximum deployment without Congressional approval). During much of the war, Americans were deeply divided (Living-Room War). Those who supported (hawks) and those who opposed (doves) the war often felt great hostility toward one another. Americans developed a more cynical attitude toward government and politicians as a result of war-related lies, deceptions, and questionable activities carried out by the Johnson and Nixon administrations (Pentagon Papers). Americans became more cautious about foreign policy decisions that might require sending US troops to intervene in other nations’ affairs."
