1. The effect of the war was felt within the US. Many were critical of the government for getting involved in a war that they saw as indefensible. 2. The anger was further spread as many of the youth who were sent to fight did not belong to the privileged elite but were minorities and children of working-class families. Also, the compulsory service in the armed forces could be waived away for university graduates. 3. The U.S. media and films played a major role in both supporting as well as criticising the war. For example the Hollywood film - John Wayne's Green Berets (1968) has been cited as an unthinking propaganda film responsible for motivating many young men to die in the war. Francis Ford Coppola's Apolcalypse Now (1979) reflected the moral confusion that the war had caused in the US.