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- 111: The Life of Deadheads and Music of the Grateful Dead
- ... to demonstrate their distrust of and disgust for society as their parents embodied it....[Their] ‘counterculture' peaked in the late 1960s, when people under 30 rebelled against American life, the Vietnam War, money, materialism and everyone over 30 (Folkers 6). In their rejection of society, they seem to march forward with a sense that everything would be okay: “Sell your clothes ... Dr. King's dreams and Armstrong's leap for mankind; Chubby Checker's Twist and Twiggy's mod minis; William Shatner as Kirk and “Heeeer's Johnny!”; then there was Vietnam.... More than any other historical event, it was the war in Vietnam and the arrogant manner in which our government conducted this war which catalyzed the rebelliousness of America's youth, and gave “ splinter groups” a sense of legitimacy. The recent ...
- 112: Jimi Hendrix
- ... 20). "All Along the Watchtower" is a protest song, pure and simple. During this period of the late 1960’s, music had become a popular medium for protest against the Vietnam War, the draft, and the government in general. Hendrix recorded "All Along the Watchtower" after a period in 1967 in which he wore a military jacket to all of is performances (Fairchild, "Electric Ladyland" 3). The military jacket represented both Hendrix’ support of soldiers in the then on-going Vietnam War, and served as a type of protest against the war. "Come On," another cover, this time from Earl King, was included on Electric Ladyland and was inspired by five days of anti-Vietnam protesting and rioting in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention (Fairchild, "Electric Ladyland" 12-13). Despite those tracks, Electric Ladyland also contained many Hendrix originals that were completely ...
- 113: Jacob's Ladder
- ... to demonstrate how the film's creators view death and afterlife. The central character in the film is a man by the name of Jacob Singer (Jake), who is in Vietnam in 1971 fighting for the U.S. against the Vietcong. The film begins with a surprise attack by the Vietcong on the American camp which started a furious gun fight ... and attachments to the life he is about to leave can be taken away. Jake wakes up from a dream where he had been thinking back to that time in Vietnam, and he realises that he is on a subway with strange demon-like individuals. The subway represents the way he is transported from this life to hell although he does ... the family pictures, so that Jake will not remember his family, to erase his memory of them. From time to time in the film Jake will flashback to memories of Vietnam during that period of time when he was wounded and being brought to the hospital. Almost like little images or clips that he picked up as he came in ...
- 114: My Lai: The Event, The Trial,
- American troops landed in Vietnam in the spring of 1965; that was probably the biggest mistake the United States of America have made in its 200 plus years of existence. As a result, the country's concern turned towards, next to the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, mostly in favor of it, but some against it. For the first time ever, America saw daily reports, footage, broadcasts on television of the "reality" of the war. The images presented at first, along with some carefully prepared lies that a tense government conjured up gave a frictional society the impression that American presence in Vietnam was appropriate, and that we would come out as heroes (Almond)… The lies were the "truth" as the people saw it. Then eventually, reports and images began showing up ...
- 115: Jimi Hendrix
- ... 20). “All Along the Watchtower” is a protest song, pure and simple. During this period of the late 1960’s, music had become a popular medium for protest against the Vietnam War, the draft, and the government in general. Hendrix recorded “All Along the Watchtower” after a period in 1967 in which he wore a military jacket to all of is performances (Fairchild, “Electric Ladyland” 3). The military jacket represented both Hendrix’ support of soldiers in the then on-going Vietnam War, and served as a type of protest against the war. “Come On,” another cover, this time from Earl King, was included on Electric Ladyland and was inspired by five days of anti-Vietnam protesting and rioting in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention (Fairchild, “Electric Ladyland” 12-13). Despite those tracks, Electric Ladyland also contained many Hendrix originals that were completely ...
- 116: The Watergate Scandal
- ... trial four months later, the story changed rapidly from a small story to a national scandal. It ended only when Richard Nixon was forced from office. Watergate was connected to Vietnam, it eventually exposed a long series of illegal activities in the Nixon administration. Nixon and his staff were found to have spied on and harassed political opponents, planned contributions to ... House staff made up a list called "enemies list". Nixon had enemies which include 200 liberal politicians, journalists and actors. Most of these people made a public speech against the Vietnam war. Nixon's aides formed a conducts tax audits on these people that he thought were enemies. He also had agents find out secret information that would harm them. Nixon ... during the Cambodia bombing he had to wiretap his own staff members. On June in 1971, The New York Times formed work that was published about the history of the Vietnam War, these were known as the Pentagon Papers. They got the information from secret government papers. The papers blamed the policies that were formed and caused the beginning of ...
- 117: The United States As A World Power: How Much Longer Will The US Be The Policeman of the World ?
- ... countries. When Cuba was full of riots under the leadership of Machado, Roosevelt did nothing. In 1934 America gave up the Platt Amendment, and removed the marines from Haiti. The Vietnam War was one of the most influential wars in American History. The United States did not actually lose, but ending with a cease fire was considered a loss. When all ... place and many public displays happened. "in response to a drive by the North Vietnamese forces into the South, President Richard M. Nixon ordered the mining of harbors off North Vietnam. Both the bombing ant the mining provoked sustained antiwar protests within the United States."3 For many years the United States government was very uneasy about getting into any heavy conflicts with other nations, for fear that it may turn into another Vietnam. Resent towards the governments decision is still around, but it is dissipating fast, mostly because of all of the good things that the United States has done. All of ...
- 118: Until All The Men Are Back
- ... the United States Congress and the office of the President. The United States government considers these men and women more easily pronounced dead than becoming stuck within the quagmire of Vietnam investigations again. The majority attitude is to remember them in a past tense manner, a manner of out of sight, out of mind. The POW/MIA personnel took an oath ... in my imagination, I am unable to understand the callous attitude exhibited daily within the halls of both houses of the United States Congress. This callousness, in relation to the Vietnam POW/MIA issue, continues today. This attitude has a regurgitating effect on any American who dares say they support our forces wherever their assignment takes them. Since when do we ... support beams. The list could include virtually anything visible to anyone s eye. Yet, when it comes to remembering those who DID NOT return from such an unpopular conflict as Vietnam, where is the pride, the devotion, and the appreciation needed to get answers? The subject of American POWs in Southeast Asia is, debatably, one of the darkest pages within ...
- 119: Only The Heart
- ... order to get to Australia. The book showed how all the different characters responded to these hardships in there own ways. I will talk about the problems before they left Vietnam and how that made them escape. To the extent in which they succeeded and what helped them succeed. And of coarse the problems they had along the way. The Vo family was living in a village in Vietnam during the war and when communism started to come into action. And it had terrible affects on the people living there. They had to adapt or escape. The Vo family ... terrible conditions on the boat quite well I think. The families and everyone on the boat were scared of getting caught, if they did they would be straight back to Vietnam problem in a re- education camp. They were running out of food and fresh water when their first serious hardship came. Pirates found their boat sailing toward Malaysia and ...
- 120: My Lai: The Event, The Trial,
- American troops landed in Vietnam in the spring of 1965; that was probably the biggest mistake the United States of America have made in its 200 plus years of existence. As a result, the country's concern turned towards, next to the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, mostly in favor of it, but some against it. For the first time ever, America saw daily reports, footage, broadcasts on television of the "reality" of the war. The images presented at first, along with some carefully prepared lies that a tense government conjured up gave a frictional society the impression that American presence in Vietnam was appropriate, and that we would come out as heroes (Almond)… The lies were the "truth" as the people saw it. Then eventually, reports and images began showing up ...
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