Category Archives: Week 8: Vietnam War

Christian Appy argues that the Vietnam War was a working class war because of who fought in it. The majority of those who enlisted or volunteered were from middle and low classes. Appy writes that very few people of the upper class volunteered and many were able to evade the draft when it came. Therefore,Continue reading “Race and War”

            In the excerpt from Christian Appy’s “A Working Class War,” he argues that in comparison to previous wars, the Vietnam War was fought disproportionately by young men from working class families. Appy cites that “roughly 80 percent came from working-class and poor backgrounds” (251). Geography is a large indicator of the large amount ofContinue reading ““Alexa, Play ‘Eve of Destruction’””

Christian Appy argues that Vietnam was a “working-class war” because a disproportionate number of soldiers who fought in the war were from working-class backgrounds. He believes that the war was fought primarily by working-class soldiers because they were more likely to enlist due to economic and educational factors, such as limited job opportunities and accessContinue reading “Vietnam War”

The Vietnam war differed from other wars that America had fought in up until this point in a number of different ways. Two of the biggest adjustments were that this was a war of attrition with no clear-cut battlegrounds, and, as Christian Appy argues, it was a “working-class” war. Almost 80 percent of the menContinue reading “The war with no winners”

Christian Appy argues that Vietnam was a working-class war because it was mainly minorities or lower class citizens who were being drafted and fighting in the war. Appy states that “roughly 80 percent came from working-class and poor citizens” (Appy). Most of these citizens fought because they could not come up with reasons to escapeContinue reading “Vietnam War”

Appy argues that Vietnam was a “working-class war” because the majority of people who fought in the war were from the working-class. Most were men who were still teenagers or barely 20 years old who came from working-class families and had just gotten out of high school. Enlisting gave them a way to advance theirContinue reading “Classist War”

In the eyes and the essays of Christian Appy, the Vietnam War was a “working class war” because of the demographics of those who fought in it. Unlike most of the wars that the United States had fought in, most of those who fought in the war were much younger in age.  During the previousContinue reading “In Vietnam”

Appy argues that the Vietnam war was a working-class war due to the demographics. In the opening paragraph of Appy’s essay, they state, “Roughly 80 percent came from working-class or poor backgrounds”. As seen by the previous state, the working class comprised the soldiers in the war. Appy explains why the working class made upContinue reading “Victoryless Vietnam”

The Vietnam war was referred to as the “working class war” because the enlisted men made up the lower class of America. These men did not have money to make up for reasons or excuses to get out of being drafted to the war. If you were in a family of money or power youContinue reading “The Most Pointless War in History”