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• | vietnam war

  • conflict between COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT in north & south & their ally, the US
  • lasted 20 years
  • 3 million+ people died
  • founded ‘writers & artist protest against the war in vietnam’
• | levertov

  • American poet
  • Despite being born & raised in Ilford, many of her works deal specifically with American themes.
  • founded the ‘Writers and Artists Protest against the War in Vietnam’ and took part in numerous rallies