The Battle Over the Flag: Protest, Community Opposition, and Silence in the Mennonite Colleges in Kansas during the Vietnam War
Journal: Journal of Church and State
Year: 2010

Midway through 1962, the American presence in Vietnam had increased from seven hundred to twelve thousand men. The Cold War conflict that saw the French capitulate to Vietnamese forces in 1954 had been shouldered gradually by the United States, first through material support and then through the provision of army officers designated as advisors. When these uniformed men now appeared on television, few Americans realized that more than "advisors" were in Vietnam and that the war was being escalat