YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Cultural and Political Views of the Vietnam War
Essays 181 - 210
together as consultants in the White House with the results of their actions and inactions now well documented. The American invo...
have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...
the accomplishments of the American military forces were tremendous, in fact the Viet Cong were destroyed after the Tet offensive ...
which values the views of those Westerners engaged in that struggle over those of the native population. In other words, Herr is m...
the two powers for years to come (Elbaum, 2004). In April, Peng Zhen was purged and in the months coming, Mao and the PLA took s...
This was a misplaced fear. Communism would fall on its own, and even if it did not, the idea that it would spread like a disease i...
serves as a place where information, stories, poems and even artwork regarding the war can be exchanged. Another site that...
well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...
old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader...
film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...
Herring (1994) also examines the question as to why America failed in this war, when it had been successful so many other times. i...
he saw. He was there, they argue, he was in the rice paddies, he saw his friends killed in front of him, he went through it for re...
Kent Committee to protest the war in Southeast Asia as early as February of 1965, and by the late 1960s, several on-campus peace p...
reality in many ways. In this work there are many young men in the war, men that are clinging to whatever they can in the devastat...
of military proportions but also a national fiasco of monumental proportions as well. Initially, the majority of Americans were u...
as protecting others, hence the prevalence of young men and women who enter the military in peacetime in the full understanding th...
dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...
checker board and play checkers till dark. He comments on how reassuring that game was in which the rules were known and observabl...
The existence of threat likely holds the key. Sixty-four years later, rumors still fly about Franklin Roosevelts level of knowled...
alive and as intact as possible. In many ways this is also reflective of the title, symbolic of "The Things They Carried." They ca...
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...
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...
to retreat from society or for individuals who want to go into hiding from government or law enforcement authorities. Ironically,...
end in failure. The fault of much of the debilitation of the Vietnam soldier lies with the politicians and the military strategic...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
the My Lai massacre and, also, traces the sociological template for young male soldiers to John Wayne. He writes, "I suppose each...
Johnson initiated the reciprocal attack that ultimately "signaled the enemys hostile intent" (Anonymous PG). The Americans claime...
this country after serving in Vietnam. What is even more tragic is that most of them never have recovered from the sights in Viet...
who had been defeated not as much by a superior foe but an irresponsible American government. Many factors came into play ...
In five pages this paper discusses how the Air Force and Army have employed aircraft in warfare with examples from the Vietnam and...