History of Vietnam

love with. It is the country of the rising sun, Japan. All I can say is that it is such a fascinating country. It is said that this is one of those countries that we must visit once in a lifetime. Japanese culture very outstanding, with its long history and customs. Even today, their lifestyles are still traditional…

I feel I have cultural biases towards my own culture, which is American or White culture. I have lived in Southern California my entire life and have only traveled to four different states within the U.S. When I was a child, my family moved around a lot, but most of the cities I grew up in were predominately Caucasian. While attending grade school and college, I was exposed to many different races, but I feel the people I 've met were Americanized so I don 't know much about other cultures.…

In Coming Home director Hal Ashby writes a story about a Vietnam officer who comes home on injury leave to a broken life that is nothing like it was before going off to war. While serving in war, Sergeant Price and…

French Colonialism in Vietnam undoubtably had a profound impact on the nation’s development and formation. The effects of French rule, while extended and pervasive, were not felt equally in the entire nation. French rule left a far different legacy in northern Vietnam as opposed to southern Vietnam. By establishing themselves in the South first, the French had a much different influence there in Cochinchina than they did in the Tonkin in the North. Since French rule began in the South, many…

In 1971, as US involvement in the Vietnam War wound down, the Soldiers on a small fire support base (FSB) named Mary Ann had to fight for their lives during one of the Vietcong’s most audacious attacks. Analyzed below are specific aspects of mission command and their utilization by the leaders of the 1-46th Infantry Battalion. There were success and failures by leaders at all echelons. The United States’ slight victory in the defense of FSB Mary Ann was the result of tenacious fighting on behalf…

A veteran comes back from the war in Vietnam. Some people thank him for his services and some people dishonor him for what he did in the war.Many people treat veterans with disrespect because of what they did during their time in combat or even what they did when they came back. Returning veterans or people get treated with either honor, mental help, or with disrespect but mostly disrespect and mental help. Odysseus thinks he will be accepted walking in the castle he once lived in but, he has a…

my Primary Source Paper on the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars America has ever been in. It had three other names it was known as; the second Indochina war, resistance war against America, and the American war. The war started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union and other…

Therapy of the Vietnam War In the book “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien describes his and others experiences during and after the Vietnam War. (1) O’Brien tells this story to explain the different ways that troops were able to cope with the killing, death, and changes that went on during the war so that they could continue fighting. (2) O’Brien included many first hand accounts of the different ways the troops coped with the experiences they had during the war and when they returned to…

in My Khe by O’Brien himself in the chapter “The Man I Killed”. The extreme remorse has him so obsessed on the life of his victim that his own existence in the story as character and narrator disappears. O 'Brien was a young solider in the Vietnam War, fighting against the communism. He has wrote the book about his personal involvements as a solider. Introspective of his recollection of the truth and an insecure investigation of the techniques and reasons behind it all. The narrator is…

can undergo due to life-changing events. In his story, “Speaking of Courage” and “Notes”he tells of a man trying to readjust to life after the Vietnam War. In another story, “Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong,” the transformation of a…