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…around the time that quasi-apocalyptic disaster movies such as The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) were hitting big and tapped into an undeniable fascination fed by Vietnam and Watergate that the world was falling in and nearing…

…at attacking the government. The Khmer Rouge emerged as a strong force that used guerrilla warfare. Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge became anti-Vietnam and pro-communist, and eventually took over Lon Nol's government in 1975. Pol Pot was installed…

…like Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Burma, China and Sri Lanka. This has resulted in an increase in awareness of Buddhism with the construction of many Buddhist temples like the massive temple of Buddha in the hills of Geelong. Buddhist cuisine is now widely used…

…student, Philippos Papadopoulos, wistfully. "A lot of people died and that's a pity, but the Americans are getting a taste of what they did in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and the like." International polls show the Greeks to be by far the least sympathetic of all…

…in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood…

…fighting on the same side. Oliver Stone's Platoon uses the soldiers of the Vietnam War to reveal the conflict between good and evil that is brought out in war, even between men fighting together. He accomplishes getting his point across by using characters…

…that always reminds you what you did wrong and affects your daily life. In "Remember" by Remen, it shows about how a woman is affected by her past recall. She experiences the wars in Vietnam and all her family's members are killed. She feels she is "a person…

…seemed happy. My nice and nephew were even more agreeable; they had a youthful joy for life that belied their poverty. For a moment, I realized how far I had gone, not only from America to Vietnam, but from my own impoverish; to my privileged life in America…

…veterans we see. For those veterans that are not here with us today, like the boy's father, we will hold gatherings to honor them. Some of America's veterans of past foreign wars, like the Vietnam War, are on the streets, living out their lives as one…

…, Vietnam War. Economic difficulties and shortages for food and consumer goods, led to demands for reform. Internationalism is a policy or practice of cooperation among nations, especially in politics and economic matters. The spirit of internationalism…