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…with the Soviet aggressors, but by an insolent practice in brinkmanship, endangering both national and global safety. National and global endangerment, however were motifs throughout Kennedy's administration - from the civil rights movement to Vietnam, Kennedy handled…

…was confined to Asia, except for an epidemic in Egypt, in 1948. Control of cholera is still a major problem in several Asian counties. Epidemics occurred in Calcutta, India in 1953; between 1964 and 1967 in South Vietnam; and for the Indian refugees…

…fighting in combat has played a vital role in their war, but the United States still will not let women in combat. Proof of women's success in combat is in the Vietnam War, where North Vietnamese women carried heavy loads and were said to be excellent snipers…

…to deal with President Kennedy trying to get out of Vietnam. This war was the biggest business in America at the time. It brought in over eighty billion dollars a year. Thus, since the President was trying to get out of the war, he would have been costing…

…in Vietnam or Jonesboro, Arkansas? Why do we justify one, just because it seems to be for the right reasons?"(Manson, 444) I think that this is a great point to bring up, and there doesn't really seem to be an answer for it. We, as a country, applaud our President…

…Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didn't try to develop any esprit de corp; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers united only by the need to survive. They were eighteen…

…of it all: Woodstock. Woodstock 1969. Originally intended to be a nice festival... Little did they know that over 500, 000 people would arrive, including the likes of Anti-War Protesters, Vietnam Vets, Black Militants, Rednecks, Anti-Gays, Gays/Lesbians…

…route , maybe he would still have been alive today. Maybe he would have gone on to be one of the most successful Presidents in our country's history. Maybe Vietnam wouldn't have been such a disaster and tamper our government's image. But the fact…

…. They must view the subject in a manner that is subhuman. In Vietnam, the term "gook" was popular. In portraying these people as something other than human, it is easier to kill them. No longer are they people, cousins, fathers, sons, mothers; now they are only…

…attitude toward life, set the patterns of living and standards of social value, and provided the background for Chinese political theories and institutions. It has spread from China to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and has aroused interest among Western scholars…