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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...

assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...

to retreat from society or for individuals who want to go into hiding from government or law enforcement authorities. Ironically,...

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...

involved in Vietnam through warfare they were strongly supportive, and backed, actions that were in the favor of the south. For ex...

government had never fully examined whether or not its main rationalization for involvement in Vietnam, i.e., the domino theory, w...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

admit he hasnt, but soon remedies that by accompanying Kirby and his men on a mission to defend their firebase from the Vietcong s...

national myths that have abounded about the War (which have, in fact, perpetuated the notions about Americas involvement in all wa...

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. ...

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 ...

given and part of that speech includes the following observation: "For centuries, philosophers and theologians have grappled with ...

very much dominated by the French who were in favour of alliances with Germany and of undertaking large scale technology projects:...

to Americans via the nightly news, they were shocked, outraged and disheartened. They demanded that our troops return home and th...

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

against the terrorism in their own nation. The United States with its superpower status sits in the position of setting many of th...

and its necessity in order to survive. "Worms, Rat Kiley said. Right out of the grave...The men laughed. They all felt great re...

President Johnson in charge, limited bombing raids were authorized over North Vietnam and troop levels began to rise (1991). The d...

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