Humans throughout history have proven to be a very aggressive species. They disagree with each other, which could lead to conflict and, if the conflict is large enough, to war. There have been many great battles and wars in the past, but one of the most controversial and contested wars in human history was the Vietnam War. At the end of World War II, the young males returned to their homes. They have created families that have given birth to significant numbers of new children. This dramatic increase in the number of births is called the Baby Boom. Baby Boomers were a new generation of people. As the world began to recover from the war, time passed, but as the saying goes “History will repeat itself” (George Santanaya, 1905). As time passed, a conflict broke out between the United States and Vietnam. Communism was the reason behind the war. During the 1950s and 1960s, communism was seen as a problem for the United States due to the domino effect it had on Asian countries. Communism was spreading rapidly, and the United States feared that Vietnam would fall to Communist control as China and Korea had. To try to prevent the spread of this disease, the United States declared war as a way to stop this effect. In the past, citizens, for the most part, supported the United States in declaring war, but baby boomers thought differently. Baby boomers felt the war was wrong and unknowingly changed history for the better through the power of love, peace, and most importantly, music. The music of the 60s was the voice of millions of people and contributed greatly to the revolution that was about to occur during the decade. This was a time of rebellion, when the youth of the country questioned everything... middle of paper... the movement was on a very commemorative farm. This was no ordinary farm; it was the home of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival. On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival brought together the most famous artists of the time to celebrate peace, love and, above all, music. Over 400,000 people showed up to help support the cause and because of this the festival gained a lot of media attention. Works Cited Phull, Hardeep. Story Behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2008. Print.Perone, James E. Songs of the Vietnam Conflict. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001. Print.Yagi, Randy. “10 Best Anti-War and Protest Songs About the Vietnam War.” Examiner.com. Np, March 29, 2012. Web. April 8, 2014. “Vietnam War.” How things work. Discovery Communications, 8 April 2014. Web. 08 April. 2014.