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old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader...

In ten pages this paper considers the life of controversial author and feminist Mary McCarthy in a discussion of Vietnam War, sexu...

In six pages this research paper examines Dan Rather's journalistic memoir that describes his coverage of such events as President...

as protecting others, hence the prevalence of young men and women who enter the military in peacetime in the full understanding th...

Herring (1994) also examines the question as to why America failed in this war, when it had been successful so many other times. i...

film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...

but be of a military mind and take such realities as par for the course in warfare. There may be others who used the war to make t...

to any gender focus on protesting (Stew, 1991). There is also the interesting and informative truth regarding how many wom...

Robbie Lieberman recalled, "The Vietnam War was the crucible... The Midwest had become a big locus of it."2 It all began back in ...

a half mile to the beach, lay out a towel, and have this tropical bay with nice rolling waves that compared to the Riviera" (Santo...

could perhaps subtly support South Vietnam and thus bring order back to the nation. They did not take into consideration that the ...

war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...

of 22 Cessna 0-1 Bird Dogs and FAC pilots since the installation of U.S. military advisors in the area.7 As the war progressed, t...

American involvement in Vietnam has had a long and complex history. The question of why the US was...

under both JFK and LBJ, discussed Kennedys knowledge of the coup and its aftermath in Errol Morris documentary, The Fog of War. F...

defeat unless they were forced to do so. If the U.S. was going to bring the troops home with honor, intensive combat missions wou...

comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...

actually put into practice what JFK preached in his New Frontier - equal rights for all citizens. Johnson seemed worthy of their ...

Introduction The Vietnam War was a very chaotic time. Many argue that the war was never a war that could have been won by the Uni...

up in court. This paper considers two cases in which students are involved. Discussion The first case is Safford Unified School D...

Seventh Cavalry and a young journalist. Both Moore and Galloway, along with other battle survivors, served as technical advisors ...

Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...

the narrator offers a different look at women as they stood to inspire the men and give them peace. This is evident when the man i...

favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of the original separation. North Korea, on the other hand...

in jobs back in the States, but several committed suicide. Perhaps the most poignant letters are the ones in which the young man e...

The writer explores the reasons that China became involved in the Korean War. There are six sources listed in the bibliography of ...

book of the same name is a moving account of a platoon of "grunts" in Vietnam. This paper discusses various aspects of the story a...

When the Allied powers of World War II are mentioned, many of the history books refer only to the involvement of the United States...