After reading "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo, one must come to terms with the rituals of war and the capacity of such a brutal event. There comes a point in war where man no longer maintains a sense of normal ethics and morals but rather develops this mindframe that you are either kill...

This interview was conducted though the internet on October 8 2002. Chuck Burns offered to share his Vietnam thoughts and experiences with us. In 1966 I dropped college and joined the Marines under threat of the draft. I wasn't sure what I was doing, but some of my buddies were going, so w...

At the surface, the American Revolution and the Vietnam War seem like two completely different wars. But as I looked closer, I noticed that there were many similarities between the two wars, mainly in how the losing nation was defeated. Both the British in the American Revolution and the America...

American intervention in Vietnam began with a generation of boys born to the veterans of the second World War. Boys who lived in the afterglow and dreamed of the glory. Patriotism was thick in a country who came out of the second great war stronger than it had entered. We we...

The idyllic 1950's to the turbulent 1960's represented a dynamic shift in American culture. The end of World War II prompted a boom economy and the American dream of a your own house with the white picket fence was born. Although the 50's were picturesque in some respect the end of WWII entrenched ...

There are few points in the Vietnam War where monumental changes were made. One of these points was during Tet Offensive. The past must be analyzed to understand how the Tet Offensive changed the war. The Communist party in North Vietnam realized that they needed to exploit the weaknesses of South...

The 1960s It may have been a decade of a myriad of effulgent paintings and intrepid space excursions, but for most people, resplendent canvases don't come near the mind when someone mentions the 1960s. So just what do we associate the decade with? The most intriguing part of our prior e...

In the turmoil of the 60's, America was at war with Vietnam. But more evident was the movement among the young people taking part in the protests and displays. Many people were against this was, especially the youth, an unfair was the was seeing many of our youth being killed and draft...

Short, smart, hardworking, and quiet were stereotypes often labeling Asian Americans since they first started arriving in the 1800's. Since then change has occurred proving such stereotypes to be just that. Certain factors that aided such a change included the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and new immigra...

The photographs of Gary Winogrand, William Eggleston, and Diane Arbus all interpret the social climate of America in the 1960s. Their photos are all in black and white, which makes them feel timeless and eternal as they depict people, places, and events. Some of Gary Winogrand's pictures simply ...

The issue of torture is a rising and very debatable topic in the government and the American public's eyes. The authors Jonathan Alter and Henry Porter have different takes on the topic of how torture should be legal or why torture is against the law today in the articles: "Time To Think...

Education is the backbone of human growth in all fields of lives, by that economy, society, morality or personal development. It is the answer or solution to all the problems encountered by an individual, society or a nation. Through the direct use of knowledge, an educated person can help himse...

Love A huge difference between a human being and an animal is "love". For a human, love is very sophisticated. Inherently, everyone is already replete with a ...

I felt the article Superpatriotism: The Importance of Being "Number One" , by Michael Parenti was a very interesting yet disturbing article. The article interests me because most of the people in my family have the attitude of a super patriot. Coming from a big family all four of my ...

Is anarchy around the corner, good question? Well, not really but anyway, I have been put on the negative team for this one and I think it is a good chance for me to voice my opinions on how terrible this world is. Anarchy is not around the corner and why because no one will ever rebel these days, i...

Like many others, I grieve those killed in the Towers Tragedy. It was a horrendous and unwarranted act of violence that is irrefutably condemnable. However, I also sympathize with those innocent civilians who suffer in retaliation to these terrorist acts. Previously during the attacks on Oklahoma, I...

The Roots of Our Society According to Webster's Dictionary, the word "age" is described as a decline of life and oldness. When many people hear the word "old" being refereed to senior citizens, they automatically think of a wrinkled, hunched over, grumpy man hobbling on his...

Baby Boomers vs. Presidential Scandals There has always been a certain amount of cynicism about politics and political parties in America. Cynicism is especially aroused during scandals, such as the Watergate scandal in the mid-1970s and the recent Clinton Sex Scandal of 1999. During these scan...

Hi everyone, my name is Molly and today I will talk to you all, about teenagers suicide. As you all may heard from the radio and watch it on the news. Many teenagers in America have died because of many dramas in life. These are the reasons why they suicide. Relationships probl...

Discriminations of Many Kinds Discrimination is not just Caucasian against African Americans; it could also be homosexuals against strait people. There are many different forms of discrimination that we as the Melting pot of America endure on a day to day basis. In this paper I will describe the ...

The English Class's Experience My mother and I came the United States in 1992 to reunite with my father after twelve years apart. I was only an eighth grader with no knowledge of any English when I left Vietnam for America. It took me a full year struggling with special English classes to ca...

The term "international migration" encompasses many movements: voluntary emigration, work migration that has been legalized by work, residence permits, and expulsion forced by violence or life threatening situations. Many minority immigrants have willingly traded off their language and cul...

It is very surprising to find that our most patriotic symbol, the American flag, is often made in countries besides our own. At the beginning of the war on terror, Wal-mart was forced to take certain flags off their shelves because, ironically, they were made in Afghanistan. Even today, many of our ...

American schools real purpose is to conform children to think identically. Prussia Lives On My most fulfilling educational experience happened when I was 600 miles away from school. My enlightenment occurred during a school sponsored trip to Washington, D.C. When I left for D.C., I was as imm...

America's global dominance has faced a lot of criticism for actions ranging from the Vietnam War to the aid for Israel and the sponsorship of globalization across the World to the authoritarianism of people for the U.S. governments' own personal agenda (Cooper 1). Anti-Americanism is more ...