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the Cold War. In other words, his stance was that he would take a hard line against Communism. He associated his name with those...
Vietnam War stands out in US history as one of Americas greatest traumas. For the American people, it was a bewildering affair fro...
In five pages this paper examines the reasons behind fighting the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese perspective. Four sources are c...
This paper examines how heroism is conceptualized within the context of the Vietnam War in a comparative analysis of these texts c...
his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...
end in failure. The fault of much of the debilitation of the Vietnam soldier lies with the politicians and the military strategic...
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...
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 ...
which values the views of those Westerners engaged in that struggle over those of the native population. In other words, Herr is m...
eventually threaten the security of the West and that US could prevent this with a limited military role that would only provide t...
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 ...
Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...
early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...
In five pages this paper discusses the legacy of the Vietnam War in an analysis of the importance of Saigon's fall. Three sources...
but be of a military mind and take such realities as par for the course in warfare. There may be others who used the war to make t...
government had never fully examined whether or not its main rationalization for involvement in Vietnam, i.e., the domino theory, w...
was accepted as justification for intervention in Southeast Asia. The background to the American intervention shows how the Vietn...
involved in Vietnam through warfare they were strongly supportive, and backed, actions that were in the favor of the south. For ex...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...
old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader...
as protecting others, hence the prevalence of young men and women who enter the military in peacetime in the full understanding th...
Herring (1994) also examines the question as to why America failed in this war, when it had been successful so many other times. i...
film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...
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...
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...