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A '''peace movement''' is a grassroots campaign or push for the establishment of world peace in general, or an end to some or all wars. Often, rather, it aims at getting one side in a war to withdraw or otherwise cease fighting (compare [[unilateral disarmament]]). In the United States, the peace movement of the 1960s called upon America to stop supporting its ally [[South Vietnam]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. The result was a US withdrawal in 1973, followed by the bloodiest 2 years of the war as [[North Vietnam]] continued its military operations, defeated the South; the new government executed, worked to death, or otherwise caused the death of over 1 million civilians (see [[Boat people]]). | A '''peace movement''' is a grassroots campaign or push for the establishment of world peace in general, or an end to some or all wars. Often, rather, it aims at getting one side in a war to withdraw or otherwise cease fighting (compare [[unilateral disarmament]]). In the United States, the peace movement of the 1960s called upon America to stop supporting its ally [[South Vietnam]] in the [[Vietnam War]]. The result was a US withdrawal in 1973, followed by the bloodiest 2 years of the war as [[North Vietnam]] continued its military operations, defeated the South; the new government executed, worked to death, or otherwise caused the death of over 1 million civilians (see [[Boat people]]). | ||
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Revision as of 13:01, November 16, 2011
A peace movement is a grassroots campaign or push for the establishment of world peace in general, or an end to some or all wars. Often, rather, it aims at getting one side in a war to withdraw or otherwise cease fighting (compare unilateral disarmament). In the United States, the peace movement of the 1960s called upon America to stop supporting its ally South Vietnam in the Vietnam War. The result was a US withdrawal in 1973, followed by the bloodiest 2 years of the war as North Vietnam continued its military operations, defeated the South; the new government executed, worked to death, or otherwise caused the death of over 1 million civilians (see Boat people).