Television coverage of the Vietnam War?

Question

answers:
1) encouraged support for the war.
2) built support for communism.
3) brought the brutality of the war into American homes.
4) showed how effective American weapons were in defeating the enemy

Answer 1

3

Answer 2

It brought the brutality to the world as a whole and the way it was portrayed fed the protest movements.

There was more focus on the dead, the mistakes, and protests than the war itself.

The war wasn't just a US one. Australians, New Zealanders, South Korea troops were there also and were equally well armed.
As for the effectiveness of the weapons that is arguable as the enemy rarely fought set actions the allies were used to, or were planning.

I lived through that time so I know. Any mistakes is due to memory lapse

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Haha, working on some HW I see... very well, here it is.

The correct answer is 3.

1 is out. The TV coverage did not encourage support for the war. There were some pretty nasty images on TV of the war. People dying, getting shot at, civilians being executed, ect... That rules out number one.

2 is out. Why would the U.S. support communism? As you saw in the other question I answered for you, we were there to STOP communism... sorta..

3 is the right answer. Read point number 1. To expand on it, many people knew people in Vietnam. Seeing people that reminded them of their loved ones get shot at was disturbing.

4. Our weapons were not as effective as we would have liked. On even ground, we'd win. Our weapons were indeed superior. But the Vietnamese insurgents (called the Vietcong) used their surroundings to their advantage. They hid in trees, used tunnels underground, ect. Thats why we used napalm - a flamable jelly like substance to burn away their hiding places. This was helpful, but it still did not give us enough of an upper hand to win the war.