YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Films and Books on 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 ...
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 ...
Or, in more general terms, how could the violence been ended in Vietnam? To speculate on how the violence could have ended or to...
They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...
lost, there were many who were idealistic, who thought themselves to be freedom fighters and who fought for freedom. It was a pie...
The structural basis of imagery is symbolic of Caputos intrinsic creativity and ability to see beyond the obvious. Characteristic...
bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...
but still protecting and serving in the community). Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. ...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
national myths that have abounded about the War (which have, in fact, perpetuated the notions about Americas involvement in all wa...
elements that make it worth noticing. It is time to let the Vietnam War become a part of history and start looking at Vietnam for ...
last experience it had had in entering a city was in taking Vietnams Imperial city of Hue back from the North Vietnamese Army. Th...
claims that the Vietnam soldiers had a 72 percent higher rate of suicide than their other military counterparts (Bower, 1987, p. 1...
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...
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...
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 ...
as other authors, date this film as 1924, not 1929, which is why this date is used. Griffith envisioned his film as an epic, but t...
war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...
kill him; but most of all he fears that he will not find his treasure-this might all be for nothing (Coehlo, 1995, p. 130). The A...
The existence of threat likely holds the key. Sixty-four years later, rumors still fly about Franklin Roosevelts level of knowled...
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...
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...