Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement

Recollections and Lessons From the Vietnam Anti-War Movement From a GI Anti-War Activist

“What made you interested in peace?” students often ask. The answer is unexpected: “I was drafted for the Vietnam War.” It was 1968, an unfortunate time to be an available young man in America. The war was raging, and draft calls were peaking. My turn came that summer when I was ordered to report for […] Source

Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. What role did American protest culture, especially music, play in bringing the conflict to an end?

Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement (Deutsche Welle) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

New-to-me, from Deutsche Welle: Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement. “[Justin Brummer] is the founding editor and digital archivist of the Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP), a digital archive that also analyzes and interprets songs referencing the Vietnam War. Since its inception in 2007, the VWSP has collected over 6,000 Vietnam War-related songs. Of these, Brummer has identified over 700 English-language protest songs released durin…