The new documentary on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns has already aired the first two episodes on PBS. So far‚ in my humble opinion‚ I think it is a rather good documentary‚ and I have personally learned some things about the geopolitical situation that was taking place during the time of Vietnam right after World War 2 ended. I hope Mr. Burns will not try to be politically correct and give the truth about the Vietnam War from all perspectives. The Vietnam War defined a generation‚ still‚ does‚ and
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United States and Soviet Union‚ with the best known conflict being the Vietnam War in 1955-1973‚ which resulted in the deaths of over 58‚000 Americans and upwards of one million Vietnamese. Many question why U.S. officials continued to escalate and prolong the war despite the lack of a foreseeable victory and low public opinion. Historian Robert Schulzinger
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Legacy: Compare and Contrast the Vietnam Veterans and Korean War Memorials The Vietnam War officially ended in April of 1975 for the United States‚ but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was not constructed and dedicated until March of 1982‚ seven years later. The viewer would notice the memorial is a black granite wall stretching around the Constitutional Gardens in Washington‚ D.C.‚ which display the names of the service men and women who served in the Vietnam War. On the other hand‚ the Korean War
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involement in the Vietnam war is a conversial topic because many thing occured during that time that didn’t set well in many Americans souls. This war reveal many tragic losses to people livelihood. These losses made certain americans wonder how American involement participation was unjust. The solution to this gruesome war was not agreed on by many americans . Martin Luther King Jr builds his argument on the affect of the felllow americans and the ways american solves the problems in vietnam. To begin
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VIETNAM NAPALM BOMBING In this essay I am going to be writing about the Vietnam Napalm bombing‚ which took place in 1972. I will be discussing the history of the world famous picture taken by Nick Ut and what the picture represents. I will also be talking about how and why this picture is was so influential in the way people saw the Vietnam War. The picture was taken in the middle of the action. It’s quite amazing how Ut managed to capture this monumental photograph. It is almost as if you as the
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In the early stages of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial people used verbal and racist attacks directed towards Maya Lin because of the fact that she was an Asian American building a memorial in remembrance of a war that took place in Asia. Ross Perot had pledged 160‚000 dollars to help run the competition withdrew his support and called it a “trench”. Numerous veteran groups also showed their disapproval some said it lacked heroic or patriotic symbols. Other veteran groups said that it should rise above
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audience can capture the essence of the play through its characters. Throughout the play‚ we can see that all of the main characters go from the state of being happy to someone who is miserable due to the hardship that they face in Vietnam. The six girls who go to Vietnam War with a hope of getting advantages out of it‚ end up being depressed. After the girls come back from the war‚ the scenes of the war get stuck in their minds. They see the war everywhere in their daily life. Whitney is one of the
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Cultural Analysis of a potential market While introducing either a new product or an existing product in a new market‚ it is very essential to perform a cultural analysis on the market. This gives us a brief idea about the market and helps us in making the market planning decisions. Entering a new market can be difficult‚ because different markets have different cultures. For example the market in South Africa will be completely different in terms of food‚ dressing styles‚ the languages
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These two text type are both protesting against the Vietnam war‚ however‚ they use different techniques and writing stiles to convey the message. The Song uses a first person narrative stile to convey the traumatic experiences of the soldiers‚ the poem‚ however‚ does not refer to experiences‚ instead it uses strong‚ passionate words that directly refer to the effect of trauma. The beginning sentence of the poem clearly shows the authors stile of writing‚ bringing the audience straight to the point
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