During the 1960’s and early 1970’s sustained popular opposition to U.S. intervention in Indochina developed in countries thought of as U.S. allies. U.S. bases in Australia, Japan and South Korea supported the war effort. Australia and South Korea sent troops. In the case of Australia, opposition advanced beyond forms of verbal dissent to include a significant degree of draft resistance. Three knowledgeable observers of, and participants in, opposition will share their experiences in peace movements that were not well known to US activists.
