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In the book “The Management of Dissent”, Dr. Brain Clardy examines the effects of the Kent State Riot on various schools in the state of Illinois. It is clear that this event had a profound effect on Americans all over the country. This book details that history going up until the events at Kent State, the reactions of students across Illinois, and the government’s involvement with attempting to control the violence throughout the state. In 1965 the United States entered into the political and military conflicts in Vietnam. This action was justified by the Untie States as a way to ensure that America and her people were protected from the communist threat as had been present in other nations such as the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. Not long after the passage of the Gulf of the Tonkin Resolution, President Lyndon Johnson found himself able to prosecute without a formal declaration of war from Congress. College Students, a growing population of very diverse men and women, became the most interested group of American’s concerned about the Untied States involvement with Vietnam. In recent years, the voice of young Americans had become louder. They staged “sit-ins” to protest segregation at various businesses. The students also participated in non-violent protests influenced by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many great things were accomplished by the students before they took up the cause of the average American getting drafted into the military to participate in something many believed America should have stayed out of. The bombing of North Vietnam in February 1965 and the deployment of troops to Vietnam months later caught the attention of students who had already formed the Students for a Democratic Society. By the early 1960s they had joined a growing circle that included the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the Assembly of Un-represented People, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Vietnam Day Committee. The coalitions were formed as a necessary tool to persuade the government to end it’s involvement in Vietnam. On March 24, 1965, the first major protest to place at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Antiwar protesters were viewed in a negative light not just by United States government leaders but by a majority of Americans. In the end, President Johnson and his predecessor President Richard Nixon ordered in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to keep tabs on their movement and associates. The fear was that the movement’s influence would undermine the government’s need to support the government’s actions, but in the end only added more fuel. By 1967, college students who had been exempt from the military draft found themselves eligible for military service. As the year went on, the protests intensified by marches on the Pentagon and the contentious protests that marked the Democratic National Convention the following year.
Approximate Word count = 1879
Approximate Pages = 7.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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