Part one of term paper
For nearly a decade, the civil conflict in Vietnam was merely a footnote to the evening news in the United States. But with the first reports of an “unprovoked attack� on the U.S. destroyer Maddox by the North Vietnamese in the summer of 1964, Americans were faced with a whole new vernacular of war. The United States government consistent ...

Part two of term paper
... one must understand the social conditions of America in the 1960’s. First and foremost, the Civil Rights Movement was preparing to go into full swing. Many government agencies were involved somehow with this. For the most part, African-Americans felt they had put up with enough discrimination. It was now the time to stand up for yourself. Many people who stood up for themselves became targets of FBI and CIA investigations. There was no way that African-Americans were going to support a ...