Guerrilla warfare

Character Development in Fallen Angels Richie Perry, the main character in Fallen Angels went to war, so he could escape his troubled life at home. Fallen Angels is a book written by Walter Dean Myers about the hardships of the Vietnam War. Myers in known for his accurate, detailed and sometimes graphic depiction of the War. The setting of Vietnam gave Richie experiences that changed him mentally and emotionally. Such as, seeing some of his friends killed, to having to push through being…

Within the writing of Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, he often uses the contradiction of topics or actions to emphasize their importance. He pairs ideas that are centralized around silence and speech to add value to what is said or not said and/or to emphasize the action associated with the silence or speech. O’Brien masters literary elements like mood and tense while portraying the contrast. Although this contrast is present throughout the book, it is most prominent in storylines…

about the previous generation and the evolutionary perspective that brought to fourth generation of warfare operations to life. The transition from generation to generation is not black and white. It happens over time as new technologies and ideas are created and thought up. Similar to evolution in the scientific world, this transition happens gradually but has four defined periods of modern warfare that each build off of each other. You could not have arrived at the fourth generation without…

Following the signing of the Geneva Accords in 1954, Vietnam was divided in half along the 17th parallel, separating the capitalist South and communist North. After the separation there existed a six year period between termed the ‘six year peace’ 1954 and 1960 as during this time there was no outright military campaign between the communist Vietnam Workers Party (VWP) under Ho Chi Minh and the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN), under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. During the…

The Ugly American depicts the difficulties the United States experienced in trying to defeat communism in Southeast Asia. It highlighted methods that the U.S. should have adopted to be successful and the ones that led to failure. The book demonstrated how the political and social climates were affected by individuals’ lack of consideration and awareness of the Sarkhanese culture. The characters in this book are fictional, however some share similar qualities of American diplomats serving abroad…

America was founded by our four fathers, in 1776, in order to make a better nation for the world. It has been a great nation with beliefs of freedom and liberty. These attributes come at a cost. Sometimes the cost ended up being a war. Many men and women have died defending our glorious country. Some wars include the Civil War, World War Two, and the Vietnam War. Timothy T Robles is a man of many talents. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado, November 7th, 1948. He was the fourth oldest of thirteen…

*Rachel Maddow 's “Drift” is about America and how we have dealt with ars and the price tag they hold. “Drift” also gives insight into what these wars have done to the countries stricken with death and violence. Maddow 's has many sound arguments in her book, and has provided facts to back up her opinions. The most important argument I believe she brought up was, how the life of soldiers and civilians in war-torn countries has been effected and how that has changed over the century. *In…

In the chapter “Telling a True War Story” TIm O’Brien recounts the different war stories people told him and how they are often misinterpreted. This passage is narrated by Mitchell Sanders. The passage concentrates on what six soldiers hear as they lay hidden in the Vietnam jungle completely silent. Anyway, the guys try to be cool.They just lie there and groove, but after a while they start hearing - you won’t believe this - they hear chamber music. They hear violins and cellos. They hear this…

Sometimes a mask is easier to put on when the alternative is to be a coward. Tim O'Brien, in his short story "The Things They Carried," pieces together what several soldiers experienced during the Vietnam war. Through the narrator, Tim O'Brien, the reader encounters his hatred of the war. In a passage within "The Things They Carried," O'Brien pursues the theme of masculinity by using simile, anaphora, and personification as figurative language, religious and moral symbolism, colloquial diction,…

War; it is terrifying, destructive and deadly. Once the dust settles, what most of society doesn’t see, is the war remaining within. From civilians to soldiers, there is an internal battle that has been going on forever. The Vietnam Memorial in Washington is a tribute to thousands of fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War. People from all around the world visit the wall. For a portion of visitors, it is simply a memorial and for others, it is a haunting reminder of the past. Yusef Komunyakaa’s…