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Vietnam and a Possible Peaceful Settlement

Or, in more general terms, how could the violence been ended in Vietnam? To speculate on how the violence could have ended or to...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and its Historical Accuracy

They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...

Cinematic Comparison of Oliver Stone's Platoon and John Wayne's The Green Berets

admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...

The Unfinished War Vietnam in the American Conscience by Walter H. Capps Reviewed

national myths that have abounded about the War (which have, in fact, perpetuated the notions about Americas involvement in all wa...

Vietnam War and the Critical Turning Point Represented by the Tet Offensive

to Americans via the nightly news, they were shocked, outraged and disheartened. They demanded that our troops return home and th...

Vietnam War and Tim O'Brien's Revealing The Things They Carried

and its necessity in order to survive. "Worms, Rat Kiley said. Right out of the grave...The men laughed. They all felt great re...

Seizure of the City of Hue and the Tet Offensive

President Johnson in charge, limited bombing raids were authorized over North Vietnam and troop levels began to rise (1991). The d...

Theories on the Reasons Behind the Longevity of the Vietnam War

lost, there were many who were idealistic, who thought themselves to be freedom fighters and who fought for freedom. It was a pie...

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo

The structural basis of imagery is symbolic of Caputos intrinsic creativity and ability to see beyond the obvious. Characteristic...

Richard Nixon and 1960s' Counterculture

bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...

TV Series on the Vietnam War Tour of Duty

but still protecting and serving in the community). Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. ...

Varying Interpretations of the Vietnam War

between 1963 and 1973. The Vietnam War, however, resulted from very complex historical circumstances, circumstances which started...

Vietnam War Soldiers and Suicides

claims that the Vietnam soldiers had a 72 percent higher rate of suicide than their other military counterparts (Bower, 1987, p. 1...

Vietnam War Failure of the United States Observed

was designed to provide the Army of the Republic of South VietNam (ARVN) the time and support it needed to pacify the South Vietna...

Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard Russell

whole, Johnson followed other advisers more closely than he did Russell. Russells advice, like the situation itself, was frequentl...

Critiquing the Vietnam War Through Film

one-man conjecture about how Americas involvement in the Vietnam War according to the directors consistently biting tone; by provi...

3 Factors Responsible for the Success of the Civil Rights Movement

was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...

Randall Wallace's Film We Were Soldiers and the Depiction of the Vietnam War

coming home, and making sure ones buddies did the same. This movie does not use a lot of special effects so one is not distracted...

Populated Areas and Military Offenses

last experience it had had in entering a city was in taking Vietnams Imperial city of Hue back from the North Vietnamese Army. Th...

Physical Description of the 1982 Vietnam War Memorial

(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...

The Central Reasons for the Onset of the First World War

history who have sought to elevate themselves by conquering others, including not only Napoleon, but also Hitler, Genghis Khan, Iv...

Vietnam Investment

well to take a broad perspective not only on the countrys recent economic development but also the constraints which might affect ...

'Just' Revolutionary War According to Thomas Jefferson

to the human condition. In fact, many of the existing laws in England today, are based upon his work. Assuming that his words ar...

Vietnam and U.S. Involvement

and their determination, along with European allies, to protect other Asian nations from communism. In 1950 we see the following a...

Alfie Kohn's The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

reward. He has been joined by a number of other theorist, each of whom present their own social cognitive theories. Several of t...

Doi Moi Renovation Policies of Vietnam

prosperous in peace. Reforms that were started in the 1980s offered the rosy perspective of a country opened freely to foreign tra...

Vietnam and the IMF

It was generally believed that despite the presence and influence that the IMF wanted to exert it was still the will and...

Post 1980s Foreign and Economic Development of Vietnam

dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...

Freedom Quest of Vietnam

earth. It was this antagonistic attitude that only served to fuel Ho Chi Minhs desire to ward off foreign domination and American...

Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh

soldiers virtually disappear. During World War I, German and Allied soldiers both endured the horrors of trench warfare on oppo...