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…War (1950-53), which ended in stalemate. The United States subsequently became involved in the Vietnam War (1955-75) in an effort to prevent communist North Vietnam from taking over South Vietnam. The prolonged and unsuccessful American war effort ended…

…In Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Greene uses the characters Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle to represent a greater picture. In the interactions among these characters, he is simplifying the situation in Vietnam into a personal model…

…Freedom is something Americans strive to provide and maintain. It has become a necessary part of our culture and even now when people think of America, they automatically think of freedom and equality. The American Revolution and the Vietnam War were two…

…full of tears. It reminds them the 1968 bloodshed, a bloodiest military campaign of the Vietnam War the North Communists launched against the South. The "general offensive and general uprising" of the north marked the sharp turn of the Vietnam War…

…Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S. The antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950…

…for it, but as the movie progresses, the love fades, or does it? In the end we are left with a man who loves his country, just as much as he did as a boy. What makes this movie the best Vietnam war movie ever made, is Oliver Stone with his technical genius, Ron…

…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…

…stand against the injustice directed towards minorities, and through his Great Society policy. However, his decision to become involved in Vietnam, would dominate not only his entire foreign policy, but overshadow his ambitious domestic programs. Vietnam…

…. So Sihanouk, the then leader of Cambodia, attempted to keep his country out of the Vietnam War and wrath of Pol Pot. This brought the country into disagreement and he was overthrown by US backed general Lon Nol because the other leaders such as Prince…

…Early in 1961 General Maxwell Taylor, who was then Military Advisor to John F. Kennedy, went out to Southeast Asia to find out just what was happening there. During his visit to Vietnam, he noticed the lack of good roads inhibited the movement…