Proxy war

One war that clouds the United States with shame is the Vietnam War. The United States joining the war was an unpopular decision and was resented by many. Many stories have been told from the Vietnam war. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried features the Alpha Company, a United States army unit that fought during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was unique because the United States drafted men to be in the army. This situation was true for some of the men in the Alpha Company, including Tim…

Toward the start of the conflict in Vietnam, the media was basically in favor of the war, as most American had been at the time. The worst of the casualties that occurred during the war were yet to come or were unknown by the general public, and the Cold War era was largely characterized by nationalism over anti-nationalism and the promoting of freedom from the spread of fascist and communist influences. Later, as more of the American and innocent casualties came to light, protests by hippies…

The song “Fortunate Son,” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in 1969, reflects the sentiment of the vocal youth during Nixon’s presidency. The lyrics, laced with anti-war messages, constitute a larger, politically influential piece of music that many resonated with at the time. By the late 1960s, opposition to the war seemed to leave a deep division in the foundations of society. Small, organized college campus groups did not foresee how many people their movement would encompass once the…

Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried, comprises twenty-two individual fictional war stories. Although a war novel, the stories don’t focus on guns, grenades, blood, or gore. It focuses on the “human heart.” O’Brien’s novel teaches us that the “human heart” is fragile and the negative impacts of war can break it. Innocence and life are effected in return. Young men enter the war clenching onto they innocence. Unknowingly, they will be stripped from it. Mary Anne Bell—a significant…

after the war are all depicted by the end of the book. Although the book is brief, it shows the development of Tim as he is forced to participate in a war that he disagrees with in its entirety. Although he originally plots to abandon the Army, he believes that doing so would bring embarrassment upon his family, thus Tim endures through the brutality that was Vietnam. Chronologically, Tim’s story begins with his life before the war. During this description, we learn that Tim believes the war is…

in a foreign war and being spat on. All of the hard work and treachery that just ended with the war turned out to continue after it was over. During the 1960s-1970s, American soldiers fought in the Vietnam War. When the soldiers arrived back home after the war, they were looked down upon and were never truly honored for their dedication and sacrifice. Nearly 58,000 service men and women went missing or died in Vietnam, and were never properly honored until ten years after the war. In 1980,…

turbulent era of the Vietnam War will forever be recalled and remembered as an iconic turning point in our nation’s past, marked by human rebellion against a war perceived by many as immoral in a quest for peace. The Vietnam War took many lives, and changed even more forever. Was it all worth it? The grim effects of the war pushed people to the brink. The nightmare that was the Vietnam war lead to iconic self expression that can be used as evidence we participated and fought in a war we had no…

Picture this. You’re at a peaceful anti-war protest on a college campus in Ohio. Then national guards show up armed and ready to threaten the protesters, whom are college students, or even stop them. To find out about the tragedy on that awful day, you need to know how it started, what happened and who did it, and what happened for the aftermath and why we still know of it today. To begin, there is always a reason for protesting no matter what it is. First there what a bombing performed by the…

The Vietnam War affected a lot of people, both directly and indirectly. With thousands left dead in the war with over 2000 missing, it’s not a surprise that many people were left grieving for the loss of a loved one or hoping for the return of someone missing. The article, story, and letter we read showcased the effects the war had on the vets that survived the war and the families of those who did not. I will explain the effects of the war on vets, their family, and their friends. and the…

The American soldiers that came home from the war between the Vietnam War and World War II were treated differently by the public when compared to each other. The soldiers that came from World War II were greeted as heroes and the country would celebrate for their return and acknowledging the hardships, difficulties and sacrifices invested during their service. (National Archives) Unfortunately, the Veterans of the Vietnam War were treated with no welcome-home rallies or honorable recognition…