The Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S. economy. Unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the war, President Johnson unleashed a cycle of inflation. The war also weakened U.S. military morale and undermined, for a time, the U.S. commitment to internationalism.
It started the whole counter culture of the 60s brought about new music and new political ideas with collage campuses holding protests and. Eventually the USA with all the outcry had to pull out leading to one of the biggest military blunders for the us
