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*Vietnam differed from other wars in its normal and frequent engagement with civilian violence, mutilation, sexual violence, and other crimes. | *Vietnam differed from other wars in its normal and frequent engagement with civilian violence, mutilation, sexual violence, and other crimes. | ||
*Defeat served to challenge the image of the American soldier, questioned the global political order, and intensified anti-communist sentiment. | *Defeat served to challenge the image of the American soldier, questioned the global political order, and intensified anti-communist sentiment. | ||
'''Reactions on the Home Front''' | '''Reactions on the Home Front''' | ||
*Martha Rosler made the series "House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home," which combined war violence with suburban domestic spaces to highlight the dissonance between warfare and those calling for war from home. | *Martha Rosler made the series "House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home," which combined war violence with suburban domestic spaces to highlight the dissonance between warfare and those calling for war from home. | ||
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'''Impact on White Power''' | '''Impact on White Power''' | ||
*The war engendered a culture that became symbolically iconic for men to reference as a driving political narrative. | *The war engendered a culture that became symbolically iconic for men to reference as a driving political narrative. | ||
*Many activists who came out of it pivoted to racist activities and activism for white power following their perception of betrayals by the government and adherence to a potent political rhetoric. | *Many activists who came out of it pivoted to racist activities and activism for white power following their perception of betrayals by the government and adherence to a potent political rhetoric. | ||
*Over a thousand occurrences of racial violence were recorded by 1970 both abroad and in the United States. | *Over a thousand occurrences of racial violence were recorded by 1970 both abroad and in the United States. |