The Vietnam War is the defining event of the back end of the 1960s. When it begins in 1948, it is a war for independence that is waged by the Vietnamese people against the French, who had possessed it as a colony. By the time that the Americans become fully involved in 1964, it has morphed into something much harder to describe. Today, we will attempt to lay out how America got into the nation of Vietnam, and some of the actions that were taken during the war that resulted in the creation of the largest anti-war movement in American history.
