![]() Following periodic domination by the Chinese, the French colonized Vietnam and neighboring Laos and Cambodia in the mid-19th century. The origins of the Vietnam War are rooted in centuries of resistance by the Vietnamese from foreign control. ![]() combat operations in Vietnam and a suspension of the draft by January 1973. Anti-war activities, particularly large-scale resistance to military conscription, forced an end U.S. Students, government officials, labor unions, church groups and middle class families increasingly opposed the war as it climaxed in 1968, forcing a gradual withdrawal of U.S. Over the next decade, hundreds of thousands of young people become radicalized in a largely nonviolent, diverse and sometimes inchoate popular culture of war resistance, employing tactics ranging from comical street theatre to industrial sabotage. history, beginning with the start of the bombing of North Vietnam in 1964 and the introduction of combat troops the following year. war in Vietnam triggered the most tenacious anti-war movement in U.S. The US Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1964-1973) We are an educational organization dedicated to developing and sharing knowledge related to nonviolent civil resistance movements for human rights, freedom, and justice around the world. This conflict summary was commissioned by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC).
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