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ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 9:56 PM Took a look at your site & I have to disagree with with this statement "The public's need for island escapism was dramatically altered by the onset of the Vietnam war." As the Vietnam war officially started in 1959, direct U.S. involvement in 1963 when Ngo Dinh Diem was elected in a general democratic election only to be killed during a coup supported by the United States. A year later after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) The U.S. sent in the first ground troops all of this during a popular time for the Tiki Bar. I would say it was the 1970s Pop culture & so called "Me" generation that was the nail in the Tiki coffin all things Mid Century were out of vogue (Tiki included) as a result, Free Sex, Drugs, Disco etc. was the new escapism.

Took a look at your site & I have to disagree with with this statement
"The public's need for island escapism was dramatically altered by the onset of the Vietnam war."

As the Vietnam war officially started in 1959, direct U.S. involvement in 1963 when Ngo Dinh Diem was elected
in a general democratic election only to be killed during a coup supported by the United States.

A year later after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) The U.S. sent in the first ground troops
all of this during a popular time for the Tiki Bar.

I would say it was the 1970s Pop culture & so called "Me" generation that was the nail in the Tiki coffin
all things Mid Century were out of vogue (Tiki included) as a result, Free Sex, Drugs, Disco etc. was the new escapism.

Post #705963 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 9:56 PM