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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...
alive and as intact as possible. In many ways this is also reflective of the title, symbolic of "The Things They Carried." They ca...
The existence of threat likely holds the key. Sixty-four years later, rumors still fly about Franklin Roosevelts level of knowled...
his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...
two different times, leaving the president no other alternative than to put forth the countrys military support (Anonymous, 2001)....
serves as a place where information, stories, poems and even artwork regarding the war can be exchanged. Another site that...
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...
readily comprehend the seemingly insignificant difference between the two thoughts, inasmuch as some believe that mass media has l...
used only for entertainment and simple news, was now a reality in the culture of America as it related to the war. Horrid atrociti...
letters did help. The soldiers in Vietnam, at least in the book, carried around a variety of things. Like boy scouts on...
evidence". Agent orange has gained the most notoriety in its use as a defoliant in the Vietnam War. It has been the...
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...
Kennedy need not have made the decisions he had which put America in the midst of Vietnam. He could have taken a more isolationist...
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...
under both JFK and LBJ, discussed Kennedys knowledge of the coup and its aftermath in Errol Morris documentary, The Fog of War. F...
American involvement in Vietnam has had a long and complex history. The question of why the US was...
comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...
actually put into practice what JFK preached in his New Frontier - equal rights for all citizens. Johnson seemed worthy of their ...
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...
Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...
Seventh Cavalry and a young journalist. Both Moore and Galloway, along with other battle survivors, served as technical advisors ...
up in court. This paper considers two cases in which students are involved. Discussion The first case is Safford Unified School D...
but still protecting and serving in the community). Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. ...
national myths that have abounded about the War (which have, in fact, perpetuated the notions about Americas involvement in all wa...
admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...
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 ...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
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...