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- 31: Vietnam
- After thinking about all the things we would learn this year in American history I decided to do my project on the experiences of Vietnam War veterans. There is a lot of controversy as to whether or not the Vietnam War veterans are given enough recognition for what they went through. I have heard horrible stories of US soldiers dying from US bombs, shell shock, and soldiers returning to America ... I really know about the war is what I have seen on television. I wanted to learn about the war through the firsthand accounts of those who were there. The Vietnam War was a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975. It began as an attempt by Communist guerrillas (or Vietcong) in the South, backed by Communist North ...
- 32: Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam
- Vietnam was a struggle which, in all honesty, the United States should never have been involved in. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. held on to the Truman Doctrine ...
- 33: The Vietname War in "America's Australia: Australia's America" and "Into the Dark House"
- ... and "Into the Dark House" From 1961-1975 the United States, Australia, Korea and New Zealand represented the Free West democracies, engaged in a conflict against a communist revolution in Vietnam. A conflict which according to JFK was of utmost importance, for Kennedy Vietnam represented the " cornerstone of the free world in southeast Asia." Joseph. M. Siracusa ( two books), McMahon and D.J.Dennis explore different areas of the Vietnam War in the following works, "Into the Dark House", "America's Australia : Australia's America", "Major Problems of the Vietnam War" and "One Day at a Time" (respectively). Siracusa ...
- 34: Book Report on Tim O'Brien's Vietnam
- Book Report on Tim O'Brien's Vietnam Vietnam was a horrible time for many Americans and a lot of them paid for it in many ways. Until we understand how and why this war could have been prevented ... s that were involved in it. This book is told from the author's point of view. Tim O'Brien was an infantry soldier in the Alpha Company during the Vietnam conflict. He had to deal with many hardships as many of the soldier's did. Like not knowing if you are going to be alive in the morning when ...
- 35: More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
- ... happiness, hope and peace. However, in recent years, It also bring back a bitter memory full of tears. It reminds them the 1968 bloodshed, a bloodiest military campaign of the Vietnam War the North Communists launched against the South. The "general offensive and general uprising" of the north marked the sharp turn of the Vietnam War. Today there have been a great number of writings about this event. However, it seems that many key facts in the Communist campaign are still misinterpreted or neglected. In ... early 1980's in America about the story of the 1968 Tet Offensive. It said that the North Vietnamese Army supreme command had imitated one of the greatest heroes of Vietnam, King Quang Trung, who won the most spectacular victory over the Chinese aggressors in the 1789 counter-attack - in planning the 1968 operations. The book quoted King Quang Trung' ...
- 36: Vietnam War Memorial - Powerful Granite
- Vietnam War Memorial - Powerful Granite At the age of twenty one, a female undergraduate at Yale University named Maya Lin submitted her design for the Vietnam Memorial. Her idea for the memorial was extremely unique and controversial. After long discussions by a panel, it was chosen for construction. The design that she submitted was one that ... monument honors only those lost, but that is incorrect. Maya Lin¹s design formed into the most unique memorial structure of its kind, which honors all who served in the Vietnam War (Colliers 23: 137). The official name given to the monument was the Vietnam Veterans memorial. In this name alone it is clear that it was not erected for ...
- 37: A Piece Of My Heart (book)
- The "other" Vietnam Vets Everybody knows about the men who served in Vietnam. They have at least heard of the mentally trying conditions during the war and the resulting "post traumatic stress syndrome" (PTSD) so many veterans suffered from, or heard of the issues concerning negative public opinion of veterans for their role in a hated war. However, few are aware of the female role in the Vietnam War; women, the "other" veterans, shared in all of these problems and issues along with the gun-toting men. They were the nurses, and in A Piece of My ...
- 38: Bright Shining Lie
- By: kurt simpson A Bright Lie Shining: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Neil Sheehan has used this novel to tell the story of the Vietnam conflict utilizing the perspective of one of its most respected characters. This is the story of John P. Vann who first came to Vietnam as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and later returned as a civilian official. It is the story of his life from the beginning to the end. It is ...
- 39: The Vietnam Era
- The Vietnam Era The Vietnam Era began after the Cold War Era. North and South Vietnam were created in 1954. Ho Chi Minh was the communist leader of North Vietnam. The Brown vs. Topeka case was in 1954. It was the case that ended legal ...
- 40: The Children Left Behind
- The Children Left Behind During the ten year period of the United States involvement in Vietnam, some of the United States soldiers and civilians stationed in Vietnam fathered thousands of children with Vietnamese women. These children (Amerasians) that were left behind had distinct American physical features. Because of this, these children were not accepted in the Vietnamese ... t think of me the same way…’” (DeBonis 56). Joe was like a “man without a country”; he was made to feel he did not belong while he lived in Vietnam. Many of the Amerasian children in hopes of escaping persecution and finding their identities had dreams of coming to the United States, “ ‘ I will leave my homeland/ as I ...
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