Many people still believed it was better to "fight communism in Asia today than at home tomorrow" [ CITATION Leo l 3081 ]. ... The consequences of reporting the Vietnam War was that people could sit at home watching television, while witnessing bomb attacks, more deaths, more suffering and the horrid conditions in which the soldiers were fighting and living in. ... Massive demonstrations and marches, known as Moratoriums, were held in towns and cities all over Australia, calling for the withdrawal of all Australian troops. ...

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Those who joined the non-conformist movement often held liberal ideas and unique appearances. ... Even though Americans at home could see the war from a new perspective, they were poorly informed due to the biased media that reported not only events, but their opposition towards the war. ...

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He held the belief that the Army's previous efforts had been too scarce and conventional; therefore, he systematically order his senior staff and engineers to study aviation with a new perspective of employing fresh and perhaps unconventional concepts. ...

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This policy was also most of the publics view at the time anyway, as the Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell, was a strong supporter of it and he held a lot of power within the political world. ... Another thing was that during the Vietnam War, a lot of it was televised back to Australian homes and the public saw the suffering of the Vietnamese and realised that they were not all communist monsters. ...

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The United States in the 1960s was a time of cultural change and social movements throughout the country. The youth movement was characterized by young college students that had become political activists and were against political suppression by the government. They were also were majorly involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements. Others that were apart of the youth movement simply separated themselves from the mainstream ideals of the society. The social, cultural, and political impacts of the counterculture that took place in the 60s had a very large impact on United States history...

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Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ranged from peaceful negotiation to armed insurrection and protracted revolutionary warfare. The independence movements were likewise diverse. They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. S...

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