Essays 481 - 510
which values the views of those Westerners engaged in that struggle over those of the native population. In other words, Herr is m...
have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...
ideological battle within. After the Geneva cease-fire agreement of 1954, Vietnam had been subdivided at the 17th Parallel into n...
eventually threaten the security of the West and that US could prevent this with a limited military role that would only provide t...
together as consultants in the White House with the results of their actions and inactions now well documented. The American invo...
this country after serving in Vietnam. What is even more tragic is that most of them never have recovered from the sights in Viet...
Johnson initiated the reciprocal attack that ultimately "signaled the enemys hostile intent" (Anonymous PG). The Americans claime...
the My Lai massacre and, also, traces the sociological template for young male soldiers to John Wayne. He writes, "I suppose each...
who had been defeated not as much by a superior foe but an irresponsible American government. Many factors came into play ...
end in failure. The fault of much of the debilitation of the Vietnam soldier lies with the politicians and the military strategic...
his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...
"seemingly contradictory methods of troop reduction and applications of intense firepower to coerce the North Vietnamese to accept...
two different times, leaving the president no other alternative than to put forth the countrys military support (Anonymous, 2001)....
letters did help. The soldiers in Vietnam, at least in the book, carried around a variety of things. Like boy scouts on...
readily comprehend the seemingly insignificant difference between the two thoughts, inasmuch as some believe that mass media has l...
This seven page essay reviews the contention by President Bush that Destert Storm would not be a repeat of the long and bloody war...
In seven pages this paper discusses the counterculture, Vietnam War protest, and student movements of the 1960s with the emphasis ...
In 1968 the events that shook Chicago during the year 1968 including the raucous DNC with conflicts resulting from the war in Viet...
that followed (RCAH). While the United States was very much involved in the conflict, purportedly to keep peace in the world by ta...
In three pages this essay examines what may have been in terms of civil rights and the Vietnam War had JFK lived and also discusse...
Short essays are included in this three page paper with on page being a letter that is written to Winston Churchill by Indian lead...
In this paper consisting of two pages Philip Caputo's memoir reflects the Vietnam War experience as a whole as it represents the s...
In four pages this essay examines how the 1960s social movements had a predominantly positive impact upon attitudes regarding wome...
In five pages this essay considers women's pivotal role in the Vietnam War and its impact. Four sources are cited in the bibliogr...
In five pages this paper discusses Warrior Dreams by Gibson and The End of the Victory Culture by Englehardt in a consideration of...
story "Fathering," one such child is depicted. Eng was most likely-- although not even definitely-- the daughter of an American V...
stayed and lived in the woods or changed their identities so they would not have to go home. Some returned drug addicts. Still oth...
machine - guns, cannons, bombs. (Suter, 128). US intelligence prior to our involvement supplied the United States with a c...
who were interviewing members of Charlie Company. Simpson had taken part in the massacre at My Lai in March 1968; his subsequent l...
States nationalism and foreign policy has been based in the perception of a necessary evil. The necessity of conflict, the need f...