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…or friends. A lot of people died in the Vietnam War, but there were more people killed by guns in the United States at the same period of time. There were fifty-eight thousand soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen killed in Vietnam, but three hundred thousand…

…Tim O’Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short story writer of immense, imaginative power, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring experience that made him a writer. O’Brien served in Vietnam with the Fifth Battalion, Forty…

…Dieu who is considered the very well-known poet in Vietnam. His poems are extremely creative and new that made the literature of Vietnam revival after dying a long time. He had a lot of books which are translated to many languages all around the world…

…sort of wrongdoing being imposed on another, and a huge war ensues, where often, people are not aware of the real reason why the battle has begun. Wars often become very personal things; there are many examples in the Vietnam War, where a soldier’s friend…

…-discrimination programs, unrest and rioting in black ghettos troubled the Nation. President Johnson steadily exerted his influence against segregation and on behalf of law and order, but there was no early solution. The other crisis arose from Vietnam. Despite…

…After a long period of fighting a defensive war in Vietnam, on April 29, 1970, President Richard Nixon launched a full scale attack in Cambodia, which greatly accelerated America's involvement in this conflict. The reaction from the American college…

…and provided textbooks to 800 schools · Funded research which achieved a world break through in the prevention of dengue fever in Vietnam · Shipped 14,122 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh for emergency flood relief · Produced a heat resistant vaccine to combat…

…meaning that is important to the plot. "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien is an example of a story in which objects significantly enhances the characterization of all of the characters. This story takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam war…

…, however; during the Great Depression of the 1930’s millions of people could hear the reassuring voice of President Franklin Roosevelt giving his legendary “fireside chats”. Also, radio kept the public aware of what was happening in the Vietnam War. Thirdly…

…to the next generation and this is the legacy that lives in all Australian and New Zealanders. The song by John Schumann depicts the horror side of war during the Vietnam war the song has used the fear and the uncertancy that all the troops had when they went…