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Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Two Vietnam Books

(Tanenhaus, 1999). The struggle between the two countries was both strategic and ideological, with the "future governance of the i...

Developing Identity: Gender in the 50s and 60s

to war because they felt it was their calling to engage in warfare. They were all relatively innocent and ignorant about war and a...

Born on the Fourth of July

person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...

IRAQ AND VIETNAM WARS: A COMPARISON

to the United States. II. The location and terrain were vastly different from one another, requiring different strategic maneuvers...

Events of the 20th Century

democracies, did not want communism to spread throughout Europe. Both superpowers possessed nuclear weapons and both had the power...

Silence as Weapon in Vietnam by Herrington

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

Warfare Turning Point, The Tet Offensive

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

Vietnam War's Military Operations and the Roles Played by Government Policies and Public Opinion

spread of communism globally. The French government had been in authority over Southeast Asian theater, but when it looked as if t...

U.S. Foreign Policy and Its Domestic Impact

rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...

Five Key Events in One of the Most Horrendous Wars in History, The Vietnam War

French were greatly outnumbered and they were trapped. This is when they appealed to the United States for help (Vietnam War: Summ...

Vietnam War and the Themes of Change and Endurance

Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...

Vietnam War and the Agency Concept

can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...

Technological Differences Between Vietnam War and the Gulf War

troops in the field; it "provided additional firepower to troops engaged on the ground," it extracted troops from engagements when...

Buddhism and the Impact of War

a Buddhist monk, Venerable Thich Nhah Hanh, "whether he would rather have peace under a communist regime that would mean the end o...

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife by John A. Nagl: An Analysis

The U.S. military involvements in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are analyzed within the context of this book in 5 pages. The b...

From the Invention of the Automobile to the Kent State Massacre

1. How did the mass production of the automobile affect...

First World War to the Vietnam War: The Evolution of American Policy

hoped to increase through increased trade. According to Perlmutter (1997), "The idea of American exceptionalism was a product of ...

Vietnam War's Historiography

In eight pages the historical documentation of the Vietnam War is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

Book and Article Review on the Anti Vietnam Movement and its Impact

In five pages the book Eagle's Talons The American Experience at War and article 'When Did the Sixties Happen? Searching for New...

Crisis Situations, Public Opinion, and Government Policy

In six pages this report considers crisis situations such as the Second World War, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the Gul...

Vietnam The Necessary War by Michael Lind

to preserve the military and diplomatic credibility of the United States in the Cold War, but when its costs grew excessive the wa...

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

bombardier, Yossarian. It is as the Chaplain believes: "there was really no way of knowing anything ... not even that there was no...

Media and the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

The Vietnam War and the Attitudes That Drove the Conflict

Carl Strikwerda suggests that the globalization debate has great implications when looking at the United States (Grainge, 2001). ...

Immoral Actions and Henry Kissinger

there has been real "tension between Americas much-vaulted ethical and legal principles and its practical policy interests" (2000,...

A Vietnam War Overview

supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb s...

Cold War Ideological Separation of the United States and the Soviet Union

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

Foreign Diplomacy and the Role of Congress

order to obtain the power to act unilaterally in Southeast Asia, Congress felt compelled to assume the full power granted that bod...

Just War Concept of Thomas Aquinas and the Vietnam War

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...