Discuss the reaction of either Canada or Latin America towards US involvement in the Vietnam War.

Candidates will provide a considered and balanced review of the reaction of either Canada or Latin America to US involvement in the Vietnam War and may consider both governmental policy and public reaction. Latin America may be considered in respect to either one or more countries or the collective whole. Canada may be addressed in respect to its formal neutrality (though serving as a testing area for US munitions), economic benefits from production of war materials, and providing up to 30,000 volunteers for the US military while also allowing refuge to thousands of US draft-dodgers and deserters. Latin American issues may include nominal economic assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam, Cuba’s supply of engineers and doctors to North Vietnam, student protests against the war and a more critical assessment of US foreign policy.