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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...

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 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...

Unlearned Lessons from the Vietnam War

American involvement in Vietnam has had a long and complex history. The question of why the US was...

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...

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...

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" ...

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...

Vietnam

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...

Women in “The Things They Carried”

war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...

Why Did the United States Lose the Vietnam War?

could perhaps subtly support South Vietnam and thus bring order back to the nation. They did not take into consideration that the ...

Aviation’s Impact Upon the U.S. Military and Economy During the Vietnam War

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...

Dynamic Midwest Campus Against the Vietnam War

Robbie Lieberman recalled, "The Vietnam War was the crucible... The Midwest had become a big locus of it."2 It all began back in ...

Vietnam War and the Movie We Were Soldiers

Seventh Cavalry and a young journalist. Both Moore and Galloway, along with other battle survivors, served as technical advisors ...

Vietnam War, The New York Times v. United States, and Striking a Balance Between National Security and the First Amendment

defeat unless they were forced to do so. If the U.S. was going to bring the troops home with honor, intensive combat missions wou...

Questions on the New Left, Liberalism, and Vietnam Answered

under both JFK and LBJ, discussed Kennedys knowledge of the coup and its aftermath in Errol Morris documentary, The Fog of War. F...

The Vietnam War

Introduction The Vietnam War was a very chaotic time. Many argue that the war was never a war that could have been won by the Uni...

Students and the Law

up in court. This paper considers two cases in which students are involved. Discussion The first case is Safford Unified School D...

Tim O’Brien and the Man He Killed

comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

A Review of Fields of Fire

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

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...