Film Review: The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was the longest and most controversial war that involved the United States and it greatly impacted the United States. Some even compare this war to that of the United States’ involvement in Afghanistan. The Vietnam War lasted from November 1, 1955 until April 30, 1975. It was a cold war that took place in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao. North Vietnam backed by the Soviet Union was on one side against the opposing side of South Vietnam backed by the US, Philippines, and other non-communist countries. Between 1960 and 1973, many antiwar movements in the United States arose which consisted of many people who were united in the common cause to resist the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. They strongly believed that a war in Vietnam was clearly unjust and led to the United States’ decision to eventually withdrawn its troops from the war.

In her book The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990, author Marilyn Young examines the series of political and military struggles between the United States and Vietnam, a nation that has been distinctively separated as the South and the North. Young chooses to express the daily, weekly, monthly progresses of the affairs collectively called the Vietnam Wars, focusing on the American interventions in the foreign soil. She seeks to provide an answer to a question that has haunted the world for years: What was the reason behind the United States interfering in the internal affairs of a foreign country in which it had no claims at all? Young discloses the overt as well as covert actions undertaken by the U.S. government officials regarding the foreign affairs with Vietnam and the true nature of the multifaceted objectives of each and every person that’s involved had.

He feels Yanagi’s pain through the connection but he does not draw attention to it. To be in the heat of a powerplay game such as the one boiling over in Konoha right now is a moment of extreme delicacy and ruthlessness; attachments are withheld, persons numbed down. The rampant mentality is this: eliminate those who are likely to get in one’s way, even if they are friends, or valuable allies. Nobody who lived through the Warring States Era would be unfamiliar with this tenet: do what must be done. And if Tobirama was forced to choose among the Yamanaka twins, he would keep Yanagi alive, simply because she is now the more valuable of the two, even though Yanagi herself and most definitely, not Osamu, would admit it. For to dabble in politics is to know who has value, worth and utility, and who do not.

The 1960s was a period of immense change in America. The decade brought about various social changes such as the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Liberation Movement. These movements would forever change the landscape of America. However, the discussion of the Vietnam War was never far from people’s minds. This war would serve as an introduction to what war was to the home front. It was in the homes of America where so many had been previously sheltered from the realities of war. During previous conflicts, there had been a military censorship on all media that pertained to war. This would not be the case in Vietnam, it would be completely uncensored. The ability for reporters to provide a commentary on the war without censorship would change the all-American, Captain America view that Americans had in previous wars. The lack of censorship would be a major factor in the overall soldier experience in the Vietnam war.

“The war in vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit.” Martin Luther King, Jr. once said. The Vietnam War was considered one of America’s greatest defeats of all time. Not only did the US failed to stop the spread of communism, but they also embarrassed this country as a whole with the outcome of this war. The overall outcome from this war will be remembered for years to come. In this essay, I will be talking about how the United States would have won the Vietnam war if the home front was for the war, if the the US was more familiar with the land, and the U.S.’s goal was not successful.

War may seem like a heroic ideal, but the mountain is very steep. George Washington had us settle at Valley Forge in December 1777. Washington had mostly six and nine-month men that are debating to not reenlist. Reenlisting means to stay at Valley Forge and fight in the war, but I am considering to not reenlist. I will not reenlist due to the amount of deaths, lack of money, and the amount of exposure to the harsh elements.

Nikolai Litvin recalls his experiences from his tenure as a Red Army soldier in his memoir 800 Days on the Eastern Front. Litvin transcribed his memories of the war seventeen years after he left the military, which provided him ample time to process his experiences and formulate complete thoughts on what happened. Using a concise writing style, Litvin packs his memoir with vivid details of military operations and offers subtle details about Stalinist thinking and Soviet life. The memoir contains some significant Soviet bias, and Litvin’s point of view is clearly impacted by the unique experiences of a Red Army soldier. To truly understand 800 Days on the Eastern Front, the reader must decipher how Litvin understands his experiences, the impacts of internalized Stalinist thoughts and how Litvin reflects them, and how Litvin reveals the truths he believes about the war.

Throughout history people have always had different ideologies about society. During the 1960's this statement is evident. Some people wanted to stop the war in Vietnam, while others wanted to stay in the war. In today's society, American citizens argue over money, how parents should take care of their kids, and the government controlling people's lives. If we go back twenty years to the 1990's the same problems are there. Chris McCandless was one such person that did not agree with everything that society threw at him including money and family. He liked his life at home and loved his parents, but he felt something was missing from what he wanted. The way his family plays into society just does not agree with him. So he leaves home, goes on

The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial wars that was fought. Not only was North and South Vietnam involved, but also the United States and others. A common myth is that the Vietnam War was less intense than World War II. In the Vietnam War, those wounded or killed was more than 300% higher. With South Vietnam’s lost in this war, the country today, is a communist country. The Sorrow of War is a story of a North Vietnamese soldier, Kien, during and after the war. The story illustrates how Kien goes through his life living with PTSD and having flashbacks of the war and he becomes an author. The Sorrow of the War stayed mostly true to what happened in Vietnam War. Kien went through diseases, talked about the battles of the Vietnam War, and the effects of the war.

The Vietnam War also known as the second Indochina war started on November 1st 1955 ended on April 30th 1975. The war was between North and South Vietnam and occurred during the Cold War which was between two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S and other anti-communist nations supported South Vietnam and the Soviet Union and other communist nations supported North Vietnam. North Vietnam was ruled by a dictator in a communist society and North Vietnam was a democratic capitalist society like America. A war broke out when the ruler of South Vietnam wanted to unify Vietnam but South Vietnam didn’t want to become a communist state so to prevent this they stopped elections which angered North Vietnam and they went to war. But North Vietnam wouldn’t want to become unified if t hadn’t been for the French that wanted to keep part of Vietnam and split it at the 17th parallel. Both sides had aid of a superpower and the outcome of the war was North Vietnam winning and unifying with South Vietnam. So who was to blame for this war that cost so many lives of almost 60,000 American men and 2 million Vietnamese men and how it affected the world; I believe everyone was an active contributor.

His foot softly touched the podium and the crowd quickly changed into dead silent. Many people came to the funeral in memory of their lost ones that died in the big war. “Four score and seven years ago” was the sound that broke the sacred dead silence. I stood there in the ice weather, my tears running down quickly and freezing onto my cheeks. I lost my twelve brothers fighting against each other, brother vs. brother. The war was over, but the war inside wasn't. Everyone standing at the speech was hurt and both sides came to realize that war doesn't solve anything, but it just makes things worse.

For my project, I will create a short movie demonstrating how the Vietnam was so divisive. The movie will be an anti-war film of the life of people in SouthEast Asia. The story will start off as a soldier (Ronnie Campbell), who is in the 1st Infantry on October 16, 1967. Ronnie writes a letter in the barracks, to his family about the divisiveness in the war. This occurs one day before the brutal Battle of Ong Thanh.

Over the preceding period, a lot of scholars have tried to explore the international proportions that underlie the Vietnam War. By way of exploring the dimensions that are related to this war, they have succeeded in nudging what is believed to be the gravity that is associated with Vietnam War erudition away from the custom fixation to the role that the United States took. In an admirably brisk and compactly written volume, Lawrence Mark does build on a trend that presents conflicting episodes of global history. He successfully creates this lively and compact trend through his roots that he bases in the extensive and extended history of Vietnam which is related to the historical conjuncture that was in existence between the Cold War and decolonization as well as emphasizing on the contributions that are critical of belligerents and other Vietnamese to the developments of the wars. America is central to Mark 's story by showing how some of the actors ' decision such as Beijing, Hanoi, Moscow, and Saigon helped in shaping the constraints that were present (Lawrence, 65). Thus, this paper critical explores on the book review of Mark Lawrence called The Vietnam War.

The biggest and most important parts of the movie are the fighting scenes. Throughout the movie, many different skirmishes unfold between the U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers. For example, toward the beginning of the movie, some Vietnamese soldiers come to where Taylor’s unit is stationed. After a few claymores are detonated and the vietnamese return fire, many U.S. soldiers are horribly wounded or killed. In an interview with a veteran supports that these were regular circumstances. "A lot of times in this type of war ... we were going out there and waiting for the enemy to come to us or for the enemy to shoot on us,” (Greene). Another example of fighting in the movie is the main ambush scene at the end. The U.S. soldiers find themselves surrounded

Fifty-eight thousand were killed, a pair of thousand captured, and three hundred fifty thousand; maimed and wounded, just about everyone throughout this country still feels the results of this conflict. Today, the kids in the country rest uneasy in response to the senselessness of this struggle. A different generation of school students, staff and young parents bring a singular perspective to the analysis of the implications of this specific war. These square measure the sons and daughters of the boys that fought to their death inside the jungles of South East Asia..