Hearts And Minds Documentary Analysis

The film includes a clip of Lt. George Coker who was a prisoner of war held by the vietnamese for about 7 years. The Americans saw themselves as trying to defeat communism aggression. Bombs were used in the towards the Vietnam and video footage is use to

Hello, I really enjoyed the film. I think that having a "modern-day" presentation really caught my attention. I enjoyed the sound on the background of the movie; it made the movie more intriguing. In addition, I think that a documentary could be boring, but who does not like to watch movies? Most of us do. Learning about the Women's Suffrage Movement in a modern movie was great. I think we retain better by watching a modern movie that listen to documentaries. One scene that stood out in my mind was when the police was feeding a prisoner with a tube. I could not believe that the American Government could not allow citizens to express their discontent about their government policies. I felt that in this scenario, the government did not allow

How the war affected them physically, as well as mentally. Many of the soldiers suffered from PTSD, some were haunted by the terrible things that had happened to them or others while in the war, and some even committed suicide because of the pain they felt after the war. From the perspective of an American this could just be seen as something that is natural that comes from war, and with such a devastating and traumatic war cases like this are to be expected. Although; to look at this from the point of view of the Vietnamese it could just be seen as a way to sympathize with the soldiers who invaded Vietnam. To be Vietnamese and to interpret the text in this way would be outrageous and could probably infuriate them to no extent. The north Vietnamese at the time were trying to raise a new country under communism that would have connected all parts of Vietnam, but because the United States of America was afraid of the spread of communism they decided to invade Vietnam and prevent this from happening. They evidently failed and the war was lost, so this book could be seen as a way to forget about how horrible the loss in Vietnam was and how terribly the U.S. soldiers suffered from having to fight in the

The documentary film, Hearts and Minds, by Peter Davis; illustrates the brutal nature and different perspectives of those involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is considered one of the longest and horrific wars in American history. The

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.” ~ Bertrand Russell. The famous quote from Bertrand Russell describes the reality of war. War only lets the powerful and the wealthy side win and not the righteous side. On an average 378,000 people die each year at war while 1,450,000 people died in the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war started on 1 November 1955 and lasted until 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the North Vietnamese Communist government and the South Vietnamese Communist rebels known as the Viet Cong against the non-Communist South Vietnamese government and their ally U.S.A. The war destroyed the life of both, the North and South Vietnamese along with the other nations that took part in it. More than 1 million people were killed including civilians and over 3 million injured. Thousand were wives were left widows and hundreds of kids orphans. After consistent protests by the Americans, U.S.A withdrew from the later stages of war. The Vietnam War is a depiction that wars are murky and filthy and should be circumvented as they bring agony and desolation to the people. To show this I used three different mediums which are - Political Cartoon “Name a

The documentary “Fed Up” provides some important and disturbing details of the food industry. The 1977 heart disease and diet study known as the McGovern Report warned that the obesity rate was increasing rapidly due to American diets in fatty meats, saturated fats, cholesterol, and sugar. The food industry vehemently denied these claims, but the American people still demanded lower fat food products. The food manufacturers found that the fat removal made the food bland and unpalatable so to address this they replaced the fat content with sugar. Both the documentary and the Harvard Nutrition Source discuss the role sugar has in health conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. They both link the consumption of sugar as the causality for

Although most of the material was that in the movie related to something we have learned previously in the course, it still offered new insight to certain aspects. One of the things I liked most about the documentary was as stated before was its ability to incorporate relatively everything we learned in the class. Such as having people from other documentaries, books and articles. Another thing I liked about the documentary was how despite reviewing a lot of material, it also gave real-life accounts of what was going on during that time. Overall the documentary sparked the interest in me to understanding more about how minorities, homosexuals, and hemophiliacs were treated before after and during the AIDS

The documentary film, Iraq for Sale sheds light on the way big businesses are using conflict to turn a profit. After watching, any American would be outraged. The film shows just some of the atrocities committed by contracting companies while working for and alongside government employed American soldiers, as well as the other ways they are putting lives at risk in the name of profit. The film makes some very compelling arguments, delving deep into the shady dealings between politicians and heads of the contracting companies and making Americans question whether the democracy is truly working properly.

Tensions were not only rising in Vietnam but they were also rising on American soil. Opposition to the war escalated as the casualties grew, which created divisions among people of the American society. The United States government

Prior to the advent of television, the majority of the American public was unaware of the extensive violence and shock inflicted on the nation’s soldiers during WWI and WWII. As a result, many Americans supported fighting a brutal and bloody war due to their ignorance of the severity of the wars. However, by the time of the Vietnam War, most American households had access to television and saw, for the first time, videos and photos of the violence and atrocities that were being inflicted on soldiers in the war.1 These images spurred disgust and anger in many American who never truly witnessed the extensive carnage and ultimately spurred nationwide protests. Clearly, the value of violence in visual media is on display in the case of the Vietnam War. The shock

The film showed me a lot about the horrors of the war. It was a very hard and long war.

The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest battle fought in America’s history, November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975. The war also had great effects on the American people. The people were able to view what was happening on the battlefield because it was broadcasted on television. One of the main effects of the war was the division it caused among the people. This war would have lasting affects on the United States. The Vietnam War is one that will never be forgotten, and its effects on America have changed the way Americans will look at all future

Mysteries and ambiguities surround foreign polices which can be especially dangerous during times of conflict if not handled correctly. This is can be said about the Gulf Of Tonkin incident. In the documentary, it is evident that misinformation was toss back and forth between the military and McNamara. This ultimately led to increase of troops and the official start of the Vietnam War. The narrative that is prominent in the United States about the Vietnam War is relatively simple: we intervene in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism and the Soviet Union influence. We were oblivious to Vietnam own nationalism and saw them only as a product of the Cold War. The United States felt compelled to intervene and sacrifice thousands of men,

The Vietnam conflict was the first war involving the United States to have a heavy media presence, taking pictures and writing down everything. This media presence allowed for the anti-war movement to have ammunition to fight their own battle, the battle against the war. Without the media’s enormous involvement the Vietnam Conflict may have been much different. The views of the average person were definitely affected by the images the media presented to them for the first time. The soldiers could have had a much different homecoming as well as the overall view of the war. The anti-war movement did have a reasonable basis and wanted change. They felt as citizens they were being taken advantage of and forced to do something they did not want

Vietnam was a place like no other. It was swarmed with presence of stories, some strange, some nefarious, and some just utterly incredible. But for those who think like me, Vietnam, even in its times of horror and imperfections, can really bring out the very true nature in someone. Like the way someone stands upon his feet after numerous bumps and blows, like the grit that one shows after driven against the wall — the true character of one person is dictated and influenced by his or her environment and how he or she chooses to deal