The Vietnam War had great political impact and led to great separations within Australian society. Because Australia has such a big land mass, and having a small population, it has always felt like there was threat by foreign powers. Vietnam was no different. With the Cold War happening along side, there was a big fear of the spread of Communism. This led people to believe that Australia could never properly defend itself and had to …showed first 75 words of 496 total…

…showed last 75 words of 496 total…are without persecution by the rest of society and the government. The Vietnam also changed people's opinion of what a war really is. The veterans were ignored for what they had done and society reached an all time low in their treatment of their returning soldiers. They also though realized that there are threats out there of things like Communism, and that they may be called up one day to protect their rights and freedom.