The Vietnam War & Fred Shepherd The Vietnam War was fought in 1964-1975. Before United States involvement, Vietnam was a French colony and the Vietnamese wanted their freedom. They fought for their independence from the French and were successful in 1955. The United States wanted an ally in...

More than ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, two movies were released that showed differing opinions about how the war was fought. Hamburger Hill and Platoon were released during the glory days of the American military under the Reagan administration. The subject of the Vietnam War was no l...

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...

The hippies stared in the 1960s as a protest against war and to make peace . They were all pretty much drug addicts the liked to smoke weed. The also thought that the world should be peaceful and that everybody should love each other they were all about peace and love. They made lots of protest ...

The US withdrawal made many problems for people on both sides. The Americans suffered mainly from the indignity of losing and also the consequences of their use of things like Agent Orange. The Vietnamese people suffered by having the aftermath of the US actions. They suffered famine and the signi...

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 ...

Reflections in the Times of VietnamThe time is spring, the year is 1961 and president Kennedy has sent 400 special forces into South Vietnam. This was the start of a new era in United States history as well as the beginning of a literary revolution. A time when books had powerful views, and songs ...

Reflections in the Times of VietnamThe time is spring, the year is 1961 and president Kennedy has sent 400 special forces into South Vietnam. This was the start of a new era in United States history as well as the beginning of a literary revolution. A time when books had powerful views, and songs ...

The production of Hair was a musical melodrama that focused on the youth of the 1960s, and the tribulations that young people faced. It dealt with what the hippie generation valued most, and also what they feared. The episodic plot chronicled the life of Claude, a young man who was drafted into the ...

Twelve poems outline the first section of Bruce Weigl's Song of Napalm, which describes the events of the soldiers on and off the battlefield during the Vietnam War. Weigl served from 1967-1968, and his poetry attests to the experiences he had during this time. 1. Sailing to Bien Hoa &ndash...

Winston Groom - Forrest Gump summary: The story takes place in America in the 60‘s. Forrest as a child is not popular among his schoolmates and everybody thinks he is an idiot. Only Jenny Curran understands him. Although he wears a special walk-helping apparatus, he becomes a ...

In "The Things They Carried," O'Brien made reference to the aspect of the Vietnam War that was closely associated with the physical, psychological, and emotional weight the soldiers bared. The overall method of presentation of this story incorporated many different outlooks on the things the soldie...

On a chilly February afternoon, an old man sits sleeping on the sidewalk outside a Los Angeles hotel while the lunch crowd shuffles by. At the man's feet is a sign, which reads: "Vietnam Veteran, I'm cold, lonely and homeless! God Bless You". I bet you have never stopped to think about where that p...

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, And don't criticize what you can't understand, Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command, Your old road is rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'. Bob Dylan...

Cultural Background and Communication With Others I was born in 1953. My early childhood was influenced by the American white male system in place during the 1950's and 60's, however, dramatic changes in our culture also influenced my formative years. These changes affected deep-s...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of American history. Specifically it will discuss the events at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and what caused them. The 1968 Convention in Chicago is remembered for its violent riots and government resp...

The Meanings They Carry William Timothy O'Brien has written many stories during his lifetime. The first of which he wrote when he was nine years old. "Timmy of the Little League" was an autobiography of a youngster involved in sports (Myers, 143). As Tim was growing up, he took a break ...

"Can Vietnam Succeed?" When questioning the chances of success for Vietnam, we need to understand that Vietnam's 'success' can only be assessed by the extent to which Vietnam's economy, political system, and administrative institutions are successfully meeting the n...

Rock music started in the 1950's with various small bands such as the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, and the Beach Boys. These gurus of modern music drew a larger crowd at each show, eventually leading to the most listened to music in the world.Rock and roll started with rock, it then le...

Americanism and the new american paradigm.*note* this paper is 99% opinion, and inspired by Noam Chomsky's 1997 lecture in boston on "Propaganda And Control of the Public Mind."The year was 1989, the cold war had subsided, and America was looking for a new paradigm, a new reason to keep people on ou...

Account For The Limits On Domestic Reform In The 1960's There are numerous reasons for the limitation of domestic reform throughout the 1960's, from Kennedy through Johnson to Nixon this essay will explore domestic reform in the United States in the 1960's. John Fitzgerald Ken...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder afflicts a number of vietnam veterans who suffered extremely traumatic, and often consistent, experiences in the vietnam war. Many who do not understand the disorder at all view PTSD(post traumatic stress disorder) as an elaborate diagnosis for a vague set of symptoms...

Born on the Fourth of JulyRon Kovic, born on the fourth of July, raised in a patriotic family and spoon-fed heroic tales left home to fight the war in Vietnam. Kovic returned from the war with a shattered body, but it took a couple of years for the damage to spread to his mind and spirit. By the t...

Civilians TreatmentTim O'Brien is If I Die in a Combat Zone is a realistic tale of day to day life in the Vietnam War. Tim is not only the author of the book, he is also a veteran of the war. Tim creates a detailed picture of what life was like for a United States soldier. Tim also shows how the sol...

Summary of story: The Aviators is a historical fiction book about the Vietnam war. The book starts in the Republic of South Vietnam at the Pleiku Air Force base. Lieutenant John S. Oliver Jr. is contacted by the Green Berets, he meets a Captain named "Father" Lunsford they develop a new pl...