YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Resistance and Protest in Vietnam War Films
Essays 181 - 210
the accomplishments of the American military forces were tremendous, in fact the Viet Cong were destroyed after the Tet offensive ...
to Americans via the nightly news, they were shocked, outraged and disheartened. They demanded that our troops return home and 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...
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...
"seemingly contradictory methods of troop reduction and applications of intense firepower to coerce the North Vietnamese to accept...
end in failure. The fault of much of the debilitation of the Vietnam soldier lies with the politicians and the military strategic...
this country after serving in Vietnam. What is even more tragic is that most of them never have recovered from the sights in Viet...
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...
who had been defeated not as much by a superior foe but an irresponsible American government. Many factors came into play ...
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...
American involvement in Vietnam has had a long and complex history. The question of why the US was...
2155 Robert S. McNamara is one of the most memorable twentieth century figures. In "Fog of...
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...
under both JFK and LBJ, discussed Kennedys knowledge of the coup and its aftermath in Errol Morris documentary, The Fog of War. F...
This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...
Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...
of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America" by Joy Day Buel and Richard Buel Jr., this film is an excellent depicti...
Seventh Cavalry and a young journalist. Both Moore and Galloway, along with other battle survivors, served as technical advisors ...
war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...
as other authors, date this film as 1924, not 1929, which is why this date is used. Griffith envisioned his film as an epic, but t...
could perhaps subtly support South Vietnam and thus bring order back to the nation. They did not take into consideration that the ...
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...
would be sent to war in just a few years, underscores the awful waste of youth, of life, of promise. The final stanza, in particu...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...