Essay on the Pointlessness of War Please READ ATTACHMENT BEFORE BIDDING
War is often thought to be used as a means to an end or even to help out a fellow ally but those lines are very easily crossed. The average American has nothing to do with the actual decision to go to war but will in some way be impacted by the war, for instance the fluctuation of price in steel or oil during periods of war. Some Americans may be directly impacted by war whether by participating in the war of being a casualty of it. The Vietnam War out of all wars in American history is known to be a war where Americans stood divided on the true validity in the purpose of going to war in Vietnam. Britannica describes the Vietnam War (1954–75) as “a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. Called the “American War” in Vietnam the war was also part of a larger regional conflict and a manifestation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.” As Britannica states the reason the United States went to war because we were in fact allies and underlying tensions of communist control however, Americans questioned the real threat in Vietnam but their questions would mean very little when a mandatory draft was in place. The Vietnam War in particular is the best example for the pointlessness of war.
One lesser known reason for the pointlessness of the Vietnam War is the isolation it left the soldiers who did make it home.
Death. Death and bloodshed make for the best reason not to have war. As told in the book “The Things They Carried”
The corruption of war in how the soldiers chose to use humor with the dead bodies and Mary Annes transformation at the greenies.
The division it caused between Americans who supported the war and those who didn’t.
References
Spector, Ronald H.. "Vietnam War". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War. Accessed 8 May 2021.
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