This image really gave a grim reality of the situation in Vietnam. It portrays a South Vietnam officer bluntly executing a North Vietnamese insurgent. This image shows the execution. Its powerful and had the effective on swaying even more the idea that the war was unjust and overtly violent. More anti war movements were aroused due to this image. Look at the power, you can see the victims head shock as the bullet ends his very life. A truly powerful image.
This Image of the Anti war movement is trying to portray that Uncle Sam (symbolizing the U.S. Military) is death. That sending troops to Vietnam only will bring them death and to mobilize against the war is to halt the death thats occuring under uncle sam in Vietnam. This was yet another image that helped sway the anti-war movement. There also is strong word choice "Mobilize" sounds much more powerful that just "meet" or "gather" it gives off a feeling of importance and power for the anti war movement.
The Vietnam War was the first war to be completely photographed and released to the pubic. Its video and photographic rhetoric really changed the way the war was fought. No more would the public be shadowed by propaganda as in World War Two. It was now war as it happened. The death,suffering,crime,inhumanity. The imagery of Vietnam altered how the war was fought and who supported it. The protest movement really exploded due to this. Anti war became common and civil rights, college reforms, and peace movements became landmarks through the 60's and 70's. What do think is the largest impact Vietnam images and rhetoric had on American society?? Does violence really show through in images?? While walking on a street would a poster truly be able to sway your opinion on an issue?
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