French Indochina

caused more destruction by becoming involved. It took many Americans till after the damage had been done to notice the truth behind what the Vietnam War turned out to be. The Quiet American novel and film, although may be seen as a movie on the Indochina war, turns out to be a comment on US policy when entering the Vietnam War. Pyle represents the young,…

Escalation - On the ground in South Vietnam the outlook remained grim in the final weeks of 1964, as the Vietcong continued to make gains. U.S. officials responded by laying secret plans for an escalation of American involvement. On July 28, Johnson publicly announced a significant troop increase, disclosing that others would follow. By the end of 1965, more than 180,000 U.S. ground troops were in South Vietnam. In 1966 the figure climbed to 385,000. In 1967 alone U.S. warplanes flew 108,000…

According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Jules Ferry is a French stateman of the early third party who is remembered for championing laws that removed Catholic influence from most education in France. Jules promoted a vast extension of the French colonial empire. Jules ferry believed that France should imperialize other counties. Jules Ferry also believed that imperializing other countries would help improve France by providing…

The Importance of Re-Socialization While growing up in Wilmington, CA, a familiar sight on my daily walks to the corner store or to a tea shop a few blocks away was the sight of a homeless man. Every day, I would pass by several homeless men but there was one individual in particular that always stood out to me. His legs had been bandaged up for years and he would always sit in the same spot with his wheelchair, smiling and greeting people as they passed by. He would just sit there and…

America from the 1950’s to the 1970’s was in complete turmoil. The Vietnam War had taken over and fear was instilled into the lives of Americans everywhere. There was the fear of being drafted, the fear of loved ones leaving, the fear of loved ones dying, and the fear of war itself. Although society wanted to believe the war was notable and heroic, many did not think that way. Men who were sent over to Vietnam during the war were stripped of their lives and forced to adapt to life under attack.…

The Vietnam war is a war between the United States and Vietnam in response of the Vietnam 's support of communism. Truman was afraid that if Vietnam was left communism, more countries will join communism and the domino theory will become true which will cause major problems for the United States. The people who paid the price of this war were the brave United States ' soldiers in which they got affected by this war in different ways whether by losing their life or by beliefs that their life is…

Landmines in Vietnam From 1955 to 1975, the country of Vietnam was at war with itself and American forces. Starting in 1969, American troops aided South Vietnam in its war to prevent a communist takeover by North Vietnam, who wanted to unify the country under the communist rule. The use of landmines, an explosive mine laid on or just under the surface of the ground, arose during the Second World War and quickly became popular due to their success (land mine, 1979). After World War Two, they…

The 1970’s was a strange and growing time. Music continued to explode with new genres of music such as disco, hip-hop, punk rock, and heavy metal. Some bands and music artist that emerged popular in the 70’s were David Bowie, the Bee Gees, Queen, James Brown, as well as Creedence Clearwater Revival (Peoples Hist.). The fashion was an ever changing thing of the 70’s. Some fashion trends that occurred in the 70’s were bellbottoms, tie dye shirts, flower power, and mod clothing. It was quite the…

In Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, he shows the struggles that American soldiers’ experience in the Vietnam war. In one of the short stories the “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” one of the soldiers, Mark Fossie, brings over Mary Anne Bell, his high school sweetheart, from back home. She quickly becomes curious about her surroundings in a foreign country far from home and what occurs around them in Vietnam, where she learns of the power and destruction of war. Mary Anne Bell…

We see the first chapter of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien to be the foundation for the rest of the novel, with exquisite descriptions of everyone and everything, to the foreshadowing and symbolism that embodies each character and “what they carry”. O’Brien offers us basic descriptions of what each member of Alpha Company carries that is described as “largely determined by necessity” (2). Some would carry knives, extra rations and what seemed like an overkill of supplies, while others…