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alive and as intact as possible. In many ways this is also reflective of the title, symbolic of "The Things They Carried." They ca...

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...

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...

old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader...

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

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...

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

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

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

This paper examines the issue of whether or not the film, Hamburger Hill, is an accurate depiction of the life of a soldier in the...

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...

of the general male adult population, approximately 40% of homeless men are veterans. Surprisingly, it appears that homelessness ...

The post 1960s relationships between the President and Congress is examined in ten pages with foreign policies including arms sale...

a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...

This 8 page essay explores the conflict that characterizes the relationship between Willard and Kurt in Francis Ford Coppolas movi...

In eight pages and 4 sections this paper answers questions on the war strategy and foreign policy of the United States with Vietna...

mission he will go berserk and get shot. Still, the show usually broached some touchy subjects, from officer corruption to cowardi...

In five pages this paper examines how the gunship particularly the Huey was used during the Vietnam War in an examination of the h...

In five pages this book by Tim O'Brien regarding a young soldier's Vietnam War experiences is reviewed. There are no other source...

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

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

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

In 9 pages this paper discusses Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's strong opposition to the Vietnam War as featured in Robert Kennedy and Hi...

In five pages Rabe's Tony Award Winning ode to the Vietnam War examines the unique writing style of the playwright. Nine sources ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the media influenced social perceptions in its depiction of the Vietnam War. Five sources ...

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

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

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