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Ryan Santiago PG and Jeff 901 June 6, 2013 The Vietnam War  The Vietnam War took place during a turbulent time in our world. It happened over a short period of time, but when it was through, everything was different. The Vietnam War started and affected the world in the following three ways. First is, Muhammad Ali refusing to go to war and its role in the civil rights movement, also the loss of many innocent people during the war, Lastly Agent Orange and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Vietnam War is a war that was between United States and the Vietnamese to stop the spread of communism. The Vietnam War was from 1959-1975 and this was the only war we actually lost. The United States lost over 58,000 soldiers during the Vietnam War.

 The Vietnam War started and affected the world because Muhammad Ali contributed to the civil rights movement. According to [|Dennis Cummings article] Muhammad Ali did not want to go to war because in his belief he said “if Allah would tell him to go to war he would”. After that he was convicted 5 years in jail and a $10,000 fine and was also stripped of his heavy weight title and was not allowed to fight in the United States anymore. “Muhammad Ali said if no Viet Cong ever called me a nigger than why should have to go to war with them”.

 The Vietnam War started and affected the world by Agent Orange and post-traumatic stress disorder. According to [|Wikipedia] Agent Orange was a plan that the U.S used to destroy all the forest land in the Vietnam War so they won’t have an upper hand on them. They also mainly focused on spraying most of the chemicals on the farms land so they won’t have a food supply. “During the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971 Vietnam estimates that 400,000 people were killed and over 500,000 children were born with birth defects”.

 The Vietnam War started and affected the world by many losses of many innocent people during the war. According to [|History.com] article during the Vietnam War 58,000 American soldiers were killed and over 3 million people died during war and half of them were civilians. “ More than 3 million people (including 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War; more than half were Vietnamese civilians. By 1969, at the peak of U.S. involvement in the war, more than 500,000 U.S. military personnel were involved in the Vietnam conflict” .  . The Vietnam War started and affected the world in the following three ways. First is, Muhammad Ali refusing to go to war and its role in the civil rights movement, also the loss of many innocent people during the war, Lastly Agent Orange and post-traumatic stress disorder. My thesis is important on this topic because it’s asking how the Vietnam War affected our world because the Vietnam War was one of the wars that a lot of people died and people were very concerned that we were losing to much soldiers.