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Women in “The Things They Carried”

war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...

Women and Protesting During the Vietnam War

to any gender focus on protesting (Stew, 1991). There is also the interesting and informative truth regarding how many wom...

Reaction to: “The Things They Carried”

early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...

Aviation’s Impact Upon the U.S. Military and Economy During the Vietnam War

of 22 Cessna 0-1 Bird Dogs and FAC pilots since the installation of U.S. military advisors in the area.7 As the war progressed, t...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

Media and Perceptions of the Vietnam War

that media during the 1960s and 1970s shifted toward "an oppositional relation to political authority" (68). Hallin uses as his ar...

Life and Works of Mary McCarthy

In ten pages this paper considers the life of controversial author and feminist Mary McCarthy in a discussion of Vietnam War, sexu...

Analysis of Dan Rather's The Camera Never Blinks

In six pages this research paper examines Dan Rather's journalistic memoir that describes his coverage of such events as President...

Short Essays on American History

Short essays are included in this three page paper with on page being a letter that is written to Winston Churchill by Indian lead...

Social Movements of the 1960s and Their Impact

In four pages this essay examines how the 1960s social movements had a predominantly positive impact upon attitudes regarding wome...

General William Westmoreland's Attrition Strategy During the Vietnam War

that followed (RCAH). While the United States was very much involved in the conflict, purportedly to keep peace in the world by ta...

The Cold War Years of 1945 to 1963 on the American Homefront

In a paper consisting of five pages the effects of the Cold War in America are considered and include the atomic bombing of Hirosh...

Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Civil Rights

In three pages this essay examines what may have been in terms of civil rights and the Vietnam War had JFK lived and also discusse...

1960s' Political and Social Movements and the Chicago Seven Trial

In seven pages this paper discusses the counterculture, Vietnam War protest, and student movements of the 1960s with the emphasis ...

1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

In 1968 the events that shook Chicago during the year 1968 including the raucous DNC with conflicts resulting from the war in Viet...

Guerrilla Tactics and the Vietnam War

machine - guns, cannons, bombs. (Suter, 128). US intelligence prior to our involvement supplied the United States with a c...

Book Review of Four Hours in My Lai by Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim

who were interviewing members of Charlie Company. Simpson had taken part in the massacre at My Lai in March 1968; his subsequent l...

US Foreign Policy and the Vietnam War

States nationalism and foreign policy has been based in the perception of a necessary evil. The necessity of conflict, the need f...

Bombing Policy of the United States During the Vietnam War

do with war strategy-which was a total failure of U.S. leadership. In the end, the bombing campaigns served to decimate land and v...

Documentary Film on the Impact of the Tet Offensive on the Vietnam War

In three pages this essay considers a documentary on the Vietnam War and the impact of the infamous Tet Offensive. There is no bi...

Antiwar Sentiments, Sociopolitical Thought, and the Vietnam War

7,000 men a month virtually indefinitely. Political cadres won support from, or at least neutralized, the Southern peasantry. Weak...

End of the Vietnam War

the U.S. Army off for two years with bows and arrows. (60) These lessons from history were largely ignored. American involvement...

Reality of the 'Unwinnable' Vietnam War

bags of whatever soldiers werent forever-missing P.O.W.s. I have learned from the readings that the war, in retrospect, was a terr...

Women's Role in the Vietnam War

In five pages this essay considers women's pivotal role in the Vietnam War and its impact. Four sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Social Chaos and Confusion of Children of Vietnam War Veterans

story "Fathering," one such child is depicted. Eng was most likely-- although not even definitely-- the daughter of an American V...

Vietnam Veterans and Employment Opportunities

stayed and lived in the woods or changed their identities so they would not have to go home. Some returned drug addicts. Still oth...

The Meaning of President Bush's Contention that Desert Storm Would Not Become Another Vietnam

This seven page essay reviews the contention by President Bush that Destert Storm would not be a repeat of the long and bloody war...

Born on the 4th of July, The Deer Hunter, and the Vietnam War

In five pages this paper examines how the Vietnam War was depicted in a contrasting and comparison of these 2 films. There are tw...

Vietnam War Veterans and PTSD

In six pages this paper discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a consideration of Vietnam war veterans and non veterans with ...

US Military Interventions During the 1950s and 1960s

the United States in Vietnam. It is not difficult to reach the simple and straightforward conclusion that in the 1950s, Eisenhowe...