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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...

Media Representation of the Vietnam War

readily comprehend the seemingly insignificant difference between the two thoughts, inasmuch as some believe that mass media has l...

US Continued Involvement in the Vietnam War and the Decisions Responsible for this Involvement

two different times, leaving the president no other alternative than to put forth the countrys military support (Anonymous, 2001)....

How Would American History Be Different Had John F. Kennedy Lived?

the Cold War. In other words, his stance was that he would take a hard line against Communism. He associated his name with those...

Changes Resulting from the Vietnam War

"seemingly contradictory methods of troop reduction and applications of intense firepower to coerce the North Vietnamese to accept...

Symbolism in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Novel The Things They Carried

his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...

Into the Quagmire Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War by Brian VanDeMark

have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...

Argument Opposing the American Involvement in the Vietnam War

this country after serving in Vietnam. What is even more tragic is that most of them never have recovered from the sights in Viet...

Our War by David Harris

the My Lai massacre and, also, traces the sociological template for young male soldiers to John Wayne. He writes, "I suppose each...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Country of Vietnam, Apart from its War Presentation

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 ...

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...

Vietnam War and Individual Actions

the accomplishments of the American military forces were tremendous, in fact the Viet Cong were destroyed after the Tet offensive ...

Cultural and Political Views of the Vietnam War

ideological battle within. After the Geneva cease-fire agreement of 1954, Vietnam had been subdivided at the 17th Parallel into n...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara

eventually threaten the security of the West and that US could prevent this with a limited military role that would only provide t...

Vietnam War and the Differing Policies and Opinions of George Ball and Robert S. McNamara

together as consultants in the White House with the results of their actions and inactions now well documented. The American invo...

Dispatches by Michael Herr

which values the views of those Westerners engaged in that struggle over those of the native population. In other words, Herr is m...

American Social Violence, Racism, Sexism, the Vietnam War, and Stanley Kubrick's Film Full Metal Jacket

human. Analyzing how Kubrick utilizes the Vietnam War as a means by which to expose violence, sexism and racism inherent to Ameri...

Vietnam War Escalation and the Role of President Lyndon B. Johnson

U.S. Army as well as civilian agencies support the South Vietnamese (1998). His analysis is intricate and political, suggesting th...

A Critical Analysis of the Film, Hamburger Hill

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

Historical Accuracy, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...