Question

How did televising the events of the Vietnam War affect the perspectives of Americans? Americans began to believe that the war was unwinnable. Americans sought support from congressional representatives to end the war. Americans realized the only way to win the war was through nuclear attack. Americans believed Walter Cronkite’s predictions that the United States would win the war.

Answer 1

Television coverage of the Vietnam War had a huge impact in America. It was the first time people saw footage of combat in their homes, not only combat but more importantly the casualties resulting from it. Seeing American dead and wounded was a real shock, in prior wars such images were rarely released to the public.