70-72 Napalm strikes (the girl in the picture)
JFK gives unfettered access of battelfields to the media
Constant coverage of the war on TV
Escalation of US involvement
Corrupt, inept government in the South (Ngo Dinh Diem then Nguyen Cao Ki)
Loss of trust in the Southern Government
McNamara recommends pulling out of Vietnam and is fired
War costs climb from 1B(65) to 25b (68)
Draft becomes more extensive
65- 75% of Americans support the war in Vietnam
Oct 67 - 47% of Americans think the war in Vietnam is a mistake
After Tet: Walter Conkrite declares Vietnam an 'unwinnable war'
68 - Bobby Kennedy is shot and Nixon wins the election promising he is there for the 'silent majority'
Martin Luther King links civil rights movement to anti-war movement
Muhammad Ali 67, refuses the draft, “I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong.”
It takes the US 5 years to pull out: from 68 to 73
Public opinion influences the resolution of the crisis
Media influences public opinion
Media influences the administration
public opinion influences administration
other events influence the administration
1972 - Christmas bombing of Hanoi, 20,000t of explosives.
Media does not influence the fighting of the war
