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dumb show was left. Not the most dramatic passage in the book, but one of the most compelling, is Caputos description of the day ...

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...

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

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...

as no one bothered to make sure that things would go well. In the end, the war was just stopped but there were no victories. Ther...

the two powers for years to come (Elbaum, 2004). In April, Peng Zhen was purged and in the months coming, Mao and the PLA took s...

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

whole, Johnson followed other advisers more closely than he did Russell. Russells advice, like the situation itself, was frequentl...

one-man conjecture about how Americas involvement in the Vietnam War according to the directors consistently biting tone; by provi...

was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...

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

was designed to provide the Army of the Republic of South VietNam (ARVN) the time and support it needed to pacify the South Vietna...

between 1963 and 1973. The Vietnam War, however, resulted from very complex historical circumstances, circumstances which started...

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

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 ...

has essentially been an ineffective battle so far. In other words, while the media and government espouses the "was on terrorism"...

Or, in more general terms, how could the violence been ended in Vietnam? To speculate on how the violence could have ended or to...

consider how the organisation may learn form its experience the first stage is to consider the role and development of the United ...

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...

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. ...

home. Your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave" (Kovic PG). That Kovic was no different than any other red-...

Isaacs states that shadows haunt those who did fight in Vietnam because the stories that no one wanted to hear about their war con...

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

They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...

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