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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...

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...

Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

Crisis Situations, Public Opinion, and Government Policy

In six pages this report considers crisis situations such as the Second World War, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Gul...

Warfare and the Role of the Howitzer

In five pages the Howitzer's role in contemporary warfare dating back to the Vietnam War is examined in an evolution that includes...

Vietnam The Necessary War by Michael Lind

to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...

Saigon's Fall and its Importance

In five pages this paper discusses the legacy of the Vietnam War in an analysis of the importance of Saigon's fall. Three sources...

Geneva Convention Violations Represented by the Vietnam War

This paper discusses how the Vietnam War fighting and wartime atrocities represented Geneva Convention violations in eight pages. ...

Book and Article Review on the Anti Vietnam Movement and its Impact

In five pages the book Eagle's Talons The American Experience at War and article 'When Did the Sixties Happen? Searching for New...

Impact of the Vietnam War and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

In five pages this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...

John M. Del Vecchio's The 13th Valley

to set the record straight. There were stories coming out claiming how bad American troops were in Vietnam. This infuriated me. ...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Pacification and the Vietnam War

In eight pages this paper presents an historian's opinions regarding pacification regarding the involvement in the Vietnam War. F...

Vietnam War's Historiography

In eight pages the historical documentation of the Vietnam War is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

Politics Sabotaged the US Military in the Vietnam War

In ten pages this paper discusses how the sabotaging of the military by American politics is partly to blame in the US loss of the...

Overview of the Vietnam War and its Impact Upon America

fierce protection of ancestral land was nothing new to the people trapped in between warring factions. The names given geographic...

Public Support for World War II and Vietnam

"just war" or a "war that had to be fought," given the aggression of both Germany and Japan, and the extermination of millions of ...

Media and the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

Book Report on Thomas Sanchez’s Mile Zero

to retreat from society or for individuals who want to go into hiding from government or law enforcement authorities. Ironically,...

US Loss in Vietnam

Vietnam War stands out in US history as one of Americas greatest traumas. For the American people, it was a bewildering affair fro...

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...

JFK's Vietnam Mistake

Kennedy need not have made the decisions he had which put America in the midst of Vietnam. He could have taken a more isolationist...

US Culture and the Impact of the Vietnam War

used only for entertainment and simple news, was now a reality in the culture of America as it related to the war. Horrid atrociti...

ASEAN Role Against Child Soldiers

both within the army and in the ethnic and other armed groups pitted against it" (Spaeth PG). "ASEAN and its dialogue part...

Weapons and Their Costs and Damage to Human Life

at taking 75 years and costing $50 billion. This is described very clearly in an article by Glenn Zorpette published in Scientific...

Concept of Hero in Fatal Light by Richard Currey and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

This paper examines how heroism is conceptualized within the context of the Vietnam War in a comparative analysis of these texts c...

Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now Analyzed

In eleven pages this paper analyzes the 1979 film in terms of the way Coppola's Vietnam manifesto also represents the subconscious...

Vietnamese Perspectives on the Vietnam War

In five pages this paper examines the reasons behind fighting the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese perspective. Four sources are c...