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The Destruction Of The Media During The Vietnam War

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The destruction of a country’s support Blair Bezzina Vietnam was a time of brutal war, new tactics and new weapons, so the media’s coverage on guerrilla warfare and the Viet Cong really shows how brutal this war was. During the Vietnam war, the media ran images and videos of the Guerrilla warfare tactic and by doing so removed popular support away from the Vietnam war. This destruction of support was due to the Search and destroy operations, the Guerrilla warfare tactic and how America saw it as unfair as well as the Viet Cong. Through these specific operations, how America considered the war and unfair fight and how the Viet Cong considered it to be unfair led to the media showing these images and the support to slowly decrease to the extent …show more content…

During the Vietnam war, the media ran images and videos of the Guerrilla warfare tactic and by doing so removed popular support away from the Vietnam war. So by releasing images of Search and Destroy missions, the views of the American Army and the Views of the Viet Cong was the item that removed popular support from the war. References Home | The Anzac Portal. (2017). Anzacportal.dva.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/ Inside Vietnam's extraordinary underground military base. (2017). Rediff. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from http://www.rediff.com/news/special/inside-vietnams-extraordinary-underground-military-cu-chi-tunnels/20170406.htm Leuhusen, P. (2017). The Vietcong. Vietnampix.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from http://www.vietnampix.com/popvc.htm On with the war and "Operation Masher" - a photo on Flickriver. (2017). Flickriver.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from http://www.flickriver.com/photos/13476480@N07/6779044728/ Rohn, A. (2017). Media Role in The Vietnam War - Page 2 of 2 - The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from …show more content…

(2017). Media Role in The Vietnam War - The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from https://thevietnamwar.info/media-role-vietnam-war/ Rohn, A. (2017). Why did Search & Destroy fail in Vietnam? - The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from https://thevietnamwar.info/why-search-destroy-failed-vietnam/ Tactics of jungle war | The Anzac Portal. (2017). Anzacportal.dva.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/conflicts/kokoda-track/events/jungle-warfare/tactics-jungle-war THE CU CHI TUNNELS (with subtitles as told by America's former enemy). (2017). YouTube. Retrieved 5 November 2017, from

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