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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...

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

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...

serves as a place where information, stories, poems and even artwork regarding the war can be exchanged. Another site that...

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

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...

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

Thanks to his experience and his resolve he was able to stand up valiantly even in the face of many negatives. Prior...

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

Kent Committee to protest the war in Southeast Asia as early as February of 1965, and by the late 1960s, several on-campus peace p...

reality in many ways. In this work there are many young men in the war, men that are clinging to whatever they can in the devastat...

checker board and play checkers till dark. He comments on how reassuring that game was in which the rules were known and observabl...

of military proportions but also a national fiasco of monumental proportions as well. Initially, the majority of Americans were u...

as protecting others, hence the prevalence of young men and women who enter the military in peacetime in the full understanding th...

he saw. He was there, they argue, he was in the rice paddies, he saw his friends killed in front of him, he went through it for re...

Herring (1994) also examines the question as to why America failed in this war, when it had been successful so many other times. i...

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...

film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...

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

Good Will Prevail Throughout history people have generally believed that the good will prevail, that good will always ultimately ...

had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...

In five pages this paper examines the depiction of the Vietnam War in a comparison and contrast of these literary works. Four oth...

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

either his parents or his country, and as he grew he took those values and opinions as his own. Having been born into a loving Ca...

In five pages the Howitzer's role in contemporary warfare dating back to the Vietnam War is examined in an evolution that includes...