Essays on Vietnam War

Book Report on

The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien was born in the town of Austin, Minnesota, and moved to Worthington at the age of 10. He went to Macalester College and participated in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970 as an infantry soldier. After the war, he completed graduation from Harvard University and worked as a reporter with The Washington Post for a short duration. He launched his literary career in 1973 with the publication of If I Die in a Combat Zone which established him as a leading writer on Vietnam issues.
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Cherry Moraga gives an account to the Latin Americans, sharing their experience while living in America. In the poem “The Welder”, the poet talks about how the American culture and ideology have been assimilated by Latinos living in America. The Latinos in America have faced different immigration issues, depending on whether they are assimilated, or not. Moraga says that she is interested in the issue of blending and trying to make it a common element that is acceptable for all Americans. What she actually talks about is the issue of assimilation in terms of blending. If we examine her Continue reading...

The U.S’ government decision to wage war on Vietnam without a good plan of war involving clear-cut strategies and plans was one decision they poorly made. Therefore, it resulted to a prolonged Vietnam War and made the victory indeterminate for them (Yancey, 2001). The war was between the North Vietnam which was a communist state backed by other communist nations such as the Soviets and China, against the U.S, South Vietnam forces together with other anti-communist nations. People fought the war in North Vietnam. This war took place as a way to stop the spread of communism as the Continue reading...

The year 2014 marks the 28th anniversary since the movie Platoon was first released. It is one of the most honored and best movies of all time. It was released on 24th December 1986. It was directed and written by Oliver Stone, while Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen were the people starring. Upon its release, it took moviegoers, critics, and audiences by surprise as it took home four academy awards including best director and best picture, Oscar awards in 1987. In 1997 and 2007, it appeared in top 100 films of all time in American Film Institute Continue reading...

Introduction

One of the longest wars that America has involved itself in was the Vietnam War. This war, which took place between 1959 and 1979, was a prolonged struggle between the United States and North Vietnamese nationalist forces who were trying to unite the country under a single communist government. Unlike many wars where America has emerged victorious, the nation was however defeated in this war and communism took over in Vietnam. Many Americans opposed the war and today, this war is often used as benchmark of what America ought not to do when it comes to foreign conflicts. In Continue reading...

Essay for Lesson 9: The Student Movement and German Terrorism

Introduction
The post-Second World War period was a tumultuous time for Germany, as it entailed the division of the nation into two distinct governmental entities – West Germany and East Germany. As West Germany emerged as a bulwark against the Communist-led East Germany – backed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), it effectively allowed itself to be modeled by the United States (US) as the promoter of democracy in Western Europe. The Marshall Plan, which enabled West Germany to resurrect its status as an industrialized economy, became the cornerstone of US involvement in the nation and eventually throughout the Continue reading...

The formation of the student’s movement in Germany in the 1960s was occasioned by several reasons. One of the reasons is that West Germany, which was previously a communist, was against the activities that were being carried out by the United States in Vietnam. Of great concern was the Bombing of Vietnam in the infamous ‘Operation Rolling Thurder’, (Rinner 20). The U.S. involvement in this war therefore became a catalyst that resulted in active protests in Germany and in many communist nations. University students in West Germany came together to form a movement whose agenda was to advocate Continue reading...

Films are made to pottery some of the social issues in the societies. A film is defined as the components of motion pictures that are recorded with the camera. Since films depict some aspect of any culture, so it does not affect the cultures both in positive and negative way. Films are considered the best media to convey a social message. So most of the films these days show violence, and it has an adverse effect on society even on small children. Wars movies are the best examples of this. The more violence that is showed in movies, the Continue reading...

Post-traumatic stress disorder is described as a mental disorder that is accessioned by traumatic events that might have threatened the safety of an individual, and therefore, the individual feels somehow helpless (Koren et al. 276). In most cases, PTSD is associated with soldiers who have served in major battles, as well as with persons who have experienced horrible situations in their life, for instance fatal accidents, violation of human rights for instance rape among others.
According to Koren et al. (277), about 20% of Vietnam War veterans suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and/depression. However, it is worrying to note Continue reading...

The Things They carried by Tim O'Brien is a story regarding a soldier who takes part in the Vietnam War. O’Brien is the narrator. The story has various themes regarding the war and a bunch of soldiers of an American platoon. One of the dominant themes is death among the soldiers. In the introductory part of the narrative, the author provides a description of the major characters by describing the things that they carry. His description of the characters goes from the physical objects to emotional expressions. He states thus, “they carried all the emotional baggage of men Continue reading...

Martin Luther King, Jr was an American activist, pastor, leader and humanitarian involved in the African American Civil Rights movement. Martin was a Christian and led his movements based on his Christian beliefs. He advanced civil rights without using any violent means or civil disobedience. King was opposed racial segregation, and in 1962, he led a struggle in Albany, Georgia, using nonviolent protests to ensure that the cries of the black people were heard. This protest attracted many people including the news coverage, and it was at this point, where he delivered his speech “I Have a Dream”. The Continue reading...

Is there a significant difference in the employment rate of African American in Higher Education in California after the implementation of Affirmative Action?

Chapter 1 – Introduction and background to the problem

  This paper attempts to provide an analysis of Affirmative Action in minority employment, specifically in relation to African Americans in the California higher education system by comparing the period 10 years before and 10 years after the implementation of Affirmative Action in higher education in the State of California. The paper argues that affirmative Action led to changes in the State of California structure including higher education and employment rate as compared to the period during Continue reading...

Nowadays, the financial aid is a familiar and expected part of the international relations between countries all over the world. Interestingly, that before the Second World War there was no foreign aid at all. Today economies of many poor and developing countries are being funded with financial aid from different developed countries and international organizations (Lancaster, 2007).
There has always been a controversy about the purpose of the financial aid, as it can reduce the poverty in the country and improve its economic situation, but, on the other hand, it can also strengthen the donor influence on the recipient ( Continue reading...

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Media Transformation, Research, Historical Events, and Technological Development
Even before the 1980s, different media platforms thrived to disseminate information to the masses such as newspapers in circulation since the early 1990s, radio, and film among others. Nonetheless, during the early 1990s, there was little interest in studying media and its impact on people. Most scholars then dismissed the media as useless even after World War II when people demanded information about current events then (Douglas, 2008, p. 78). Other scholars who studied the media before highlighted the limited or less pronounced impact of media on people particularly when it Continue reading...

War is always a complicated issue, particularly with regards to wars being fought in nations not directly involved in the conflict. Public opinion of their nation entering dramatic conflicts – risking the lives of their citizens and killing others – depends largely on cultural factors that can shift and change depending on history and context. While World War II was a largely well-supported conflict, given the attack on Pearl Harbor and the undisputed evil of the Nazis, the Vietnam War had a decidedly more complex reaction. These anxieties are also reflected in literature; Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five capitalizes on the Vietnam Continue reading...

The 1970s was a decade of the public’s disappointment with the government and its policies, domestic and foreign, social and economic. It was the time of counterculture and various movements and protests that followed the example of the civil rights movement. The most important topics for the American people were the distrust for the government after the long-lasting Vietnam War that weakened not only the United States, whose economic situation was already devastating, but other countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia and their neighbors; the Watergate scandal that made Americans doubt that the county is in fact a democratic one, Continue reading...

- Describe your thought on Brinksmanship.
Brinksmanship is a word coined by Adlai Stevenson as he criticized philosophy with ‘going to the brink’ in one of his interviews with John Foster Dulles, a former secretary of State under the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower who is the 34th president of the United States. Brinksmanship is a strategy in which it aims to push through the dangerous events into the ‘brink’ of disaster to achieve a winning situation. Some examples of brinksmanship occurrence in world history are the threat of nuclear force during Cold War and the high stakes litigation.
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“The Lesson,” by Toni Code Bambera, is a story about children who live in a poor part of New York, and have lived in poverty all their lives. Several of them have become close friends; notably the narrator and “Sugar,” her best friend. A Mrs. Moore moves into the neighborhood and takes an interest in the lives of the children. She is childless herself, but has “been to college,” and she acts in what the children think is a pretty hoity-toity fashion. Mrs. Moore begins to design outings for the kids, and finally takes them by taxi to the Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War will always be remembered throughout much of the history of the United States (US) as a mighty assertion by the nation of its status as a reckonable political and moral influence in the international community. Democracy has since been the driving force of the US in its pursuance of goals in the Asia-Pacific region – an area the nation sought to contain against communism by the former Soviet Union (USSR). Indochina, geopolitically adjacent to communist-led China through its location in mainland Asia, stands as perhaps the area in the Asia-Pacific region that is most affected by communism. Continue reading...

Vietnam War

Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is the most famous and significant US external affairs that will remain in the history of US. In essence, it is arguable whether US lost the war or to some extent; it won. Often than not, it appears that the US lost the war as it withdrew from the battlefield before achieving its agenda. The war had a significant economic, social and political impact on the people of US. The US government was overspending on this war; thousands of soldiers were being killed and protest and thus ‘no need of drama’ (O’Brien, 2014 Continue reading...

The movements and protests that took place in 1960s played a vital role in shaping the modern social, political, legal, and economic status of the American people. The prolonged social inequality and injustices and the exposure of the American in the Vietnam War were some of the factors that influenced young Americans, mostly students and women stage protests in an attempt to reclaim the rights of the minority groups. The most influential movements that took place in 1960s and early 1970s include the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam war movements, the women’s movement, and the Environment movement among Continue reading...

Cold war is defined as an extreme pressure between USA and its allies and Soviet Union and its associates after the World War II and departure of the Soviet Union. United States used containment policy to stop the spread of communism overseas. This policy was a reaction to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to expand its community influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam. The House of Un-American Activity Committee was monitoring the community to ensure there were no such things as being unpatriotic during Cold War. Vietnam War was between the years 1955-1975. Continue reading...

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The third-largest island in the world is shared by three countries. In Indonesia the island is known as Kalimantan, and that country claims the southern portion. Malaysia also has territory on Borneo, two provinces known as Sarawak and Sabah on the northwestern coast.
Borneo contains a wealth of natural resources, including forest resources, minerals, petroleum, and a vast potential for hydro power on its rivers. Borneo is one of the wildest and most bio diverse places left on the planet. There are about 3,000 species of trees, Continue reading...

Contesting for a re-election is not as easy as it may sound but with appropriate strategies in place one can make it though. One ought to have plans that address growth of organizations bearing in mind that the voters are well informed and analytical on the previous term. Understanding the voters is fundamental to winning the re-elections. One needs to address the factors that voters consider vital in a political contestant. In the United States issues related to taxation, human rights, affirmative action and race is a key consideration in shaping voter's decisions on the most appropriate candidate. The Continue reading...

Introduction

The First World War or the Great War was a remarkable event in the history of the humanity. It influenced and shaped our modern world to an extent like none else, and the reflections of today’s development traces its route back to the decisions taken during and post-World War I. No one had any idea about the huge armies that would be involved, the amount of ammunition that will be expended, and how many people would die. However, the role of Canada in the war is noteworthy, considering the fact that the nation decided to stand by the Continue reading...

The movie “Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara”, is a documentary expressed through the viewpoint of U.S Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, who worked during Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. In the movie, McNamara describes the reasons for the Vietnam War, Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crises. Regarding the cold war, the movie expresses the domino theory, which explains that if a state in a country is ruled by communism, then the neighboring countries follow the domino effect. Throughout the movie, it is understandable that war occurs because of a conflict between Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War took place between 1961 and 1975. The technology of helicopters goes back to the 20th century. The US army had acquired experience on the effectiveness using helicopters during the World War II. Mobility set the pace of the war. Time, policy, politics, and circumstances converged with technology and adequate funding to create the Vietnam War. The US army entered Vietnam in May 1965 to find they were fighting a different kind of war than that for which they had been trained. However, they did not enter blindly. There were a large number of army officers already Continue reading...

The United States has a proud tradition of military accomplishment and support. Federal holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrate the men and women who have fought and died in battle for American freedom. Historians have coined terms like the “Great War,” and the “Good War,” to describe the proud feelings of America’s participation in modern wars. After World War II, the country experienced an unprecedented economic growth and increased political power throughout the world, leading some to label the decades after World War II “the American half-century.” However, the memories of one American war stand in Continue reading...

8. From Postwar Demobilization Toward Great Power Status, 1865 – 1898
9. The Birth of an American Empire, 1898 – 1902
The Mexican Governor Valeriano Weyler initiated the re-concentration policy to cede independence to United States. America watched the Cuban war from a bird’s eye view since they were opposed to the humanitarian issue while any disruption effort to avert the war would threaten American investments. The American nation proclaimed neutrality while it was hard to maintain the coastal patrols, and it was costly to prosecute offenders. According to the authors, President McKinley was pro-intervention since he considered concentrating in Continue reading...

The American public’s trust of elected officials was at an all-time low after Richard Nixon resigned in August of 1974. The Watergate scandal caused his credibility, the credibility of the office of President and the credibility of the entire government apparatus to take an enormous blow. Before he resigned though, several events had caused the American public’s trust in government officials to waiver. Among the two most harmful were the Vietnam War and the release of the Pentagon Papers. After John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon Johnson became president. Almost immediately he increased American presence Continue reading...

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Introduction
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that is related to serious types of traumatic incidents in life. This disorder got special attention in 1980 and since then scientists are working on this problem. PTSD is one of those considerable public health issues that affect women more than men. It is also common in combat veterans and people who have experienced physical injuries. The U.S. population surveys show that lifetime PTSD prevalence rates range from 7% to 8%. Most important factors in the development of PTSD Continue reading...

The United States in Vietnam

In the year 1961, South Vietnam signed a treaty with the United States in regards to military and economic aid. Post the treaty, the U.S support troops arrived in Vietnam and formed the U.S. Military Assistance Command. After the execution of Diem for his corrupted and ineffective government, on 7th August 1964 the U.S Senate passed the Tonkin Gulf resolution through the then President Lyndon B. Johnson to increase the U.S military aid in South Vietnam. In 1965, the military troops of the United States started air-raids on North Vietnam and the Communist controlled regions of the South. By Continue reading...

Around the world, the United States Army is one of the strongest war forces. They face many instances of war because many countries see the United States as the “world power” in the economical and political arena. As such, the country needed to create an army that would stand up to any other country in time of war. The United States faced threats from all over the world because of their role as a member of the United Nations group of allies. From as early as 1917, the United States improved on their weaponry and formed one of the Continue reading...

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United States of America and USSR had distinctive interests in Europe after the World War II for maintaining their power and securing their economies. Nonetheless, both the powers intended to cause harm to each other’s ideology. According to the Soviet Union, it was impossible to avoid conflict between communism and capitalism. On the other hand, United States of America firmly believed faith that peace can only be achieved with the end of communism and enhancement of diplomatic relations (Mason 71). The United States government took advantage of the clash between China and Russia after the Continue reading...

Every American has different experiences during the Vietnam War that has lasted about twenty years in the history that was full of pain and struggles. To the American armed forces, they have taken the war an immeasurable knowledge that what happened in the past during the Vietnam War is irreplaceable for any sort of involvement at present.
The most significant lesson I learned from the three areas; the diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural or social contexts are incomparable. Every area has shown me the opportunity to look into the experiences of every American in the past that would Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War can be considered to be one of the most complex wars that America has ever involved itself in. The premise of this assertion stems from the fact that it was never in actual sense declared a “war." On the out-front, it is signified a unified resistance by South Vietnamese and American forces against an extremist North that aimed to introduce communism into the nation. The Vietnam War encompassed a combination of various planning tools of war with the most prominent of these being logistics, tactics and strategies. Each person involved in the war had an orientation Continue reading...

Introduction

Easy Rider is one of the hallmark films of Hollywood. It defines a cultural period as this important film established filmmaking styles and attitudes. Aside from its cinematography, it also launched a guerilla style of independent filmmaking with very controlled and smooth studio film cinematography. Principally, this film featured a very remarkable soundtrack. Easy Rider was one of the first films that used the popular music during that period. The film also featured musicians such as Steppenwolf, The Byrds and Jimi Hendrix. The rock and roll background gave a more enriched narration and storytelling. The musical pieces featured by Continue reading...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is viewed as one of the best novellas in the English dialect. On the surface it is a dreamlike story of riddle and exploit set in focal Africa; in any case, it is likewise the story of a man's typical excursion into his inward being. An abundance of vivid subtle elements that are huge on both strict and typical levels helps the equivocalness of Conrad's story and has prompted clashing understandings of its importance. At the start of the last area of Part 3, Marlow has recently recuperated from his close deadly sickness. Continue reading...

The 1960s and 1970s have featured turbulent times in Southeast Asia, a region that gained prominence only during said periods due to various waves of independence former colonial strongholds of Western powers in the area have experienced. Prior to said periods especially during the Second World War, Southeast Asia as a designated region practically did not exist, mainly because of the divisive influence of Western powers in controlling their colonies therein. The whole of Indochina (present-day Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) belonged under French control; Burma, Malaysia and Singapore were under English rule; Indonesia thrived under Dutch command; the Philippines Continue reading...

In the mid of the 1960s were many events that had impact on the history of United States. There were events that impact both domestic and foreign policy. One of these events was attack on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964. You can ask me why exactly this event? Let’s analyze it.
The Vietnam War was one of the largest and the bloodiest conflict of the second half of XX century. For the United States it is the bloodiest war after Second World War, the casualties of US Armed Forces estimated in 58,286 Continue reading...