Title: Impact of the war - The Vietnam War - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize
Headings: Impact of the war
The Vietnam War
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Impact of the war
Vietnam
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Psychological effects

Content: It was criticised for supporting a corrupt government and the media had shown the world how brutal American tactics were. Approximately 58,000 American soldiers were killed and another 153,000 were wounded. During the Vietnam War, the USA spent $828 billion on its military. From 1965, it was spending more than $50 billion per year. The additional spending to fund the USA's involvement in Vietnam has been estimated at $111 billion. Psychological effects
Over 100,000 US troops lost limbs in the war and required treatment. ‘Draft dodgers’ were treated badly and some fled the country. American troops returning from the war were also subject to ill-treatment. Many civilians treated them as brutal thugs who should be punished or avoided. The fact that the USA, the great superpower, had lost to a much smaller and less powerful country was greatly demoralising.