... form of self-preservation, rather than historical accuracy. The only major production during the Vietnam Conflict, John Wayne's 1968 The Green Berets, illustrates how directors concentrated on drama rather than history. Dismayed by the growing protest against United States" involvement in Vietnam, Wayne contested that he tried to counter the resistance by creating a major motion picture to, what he says, ... myth; the racist stereotypes of the enemies. Cimino gives the Vietnamese two roles in the movie; they are either savages participating in Russian roulette matches or refugees fleeing...

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... it should provide a good reference point when assessing these films authenticity. The Vietnam War was one of the most incisive sensations of 20th century world history, especially as it was the first time the U.S. had to leave a theatre of war as the loser. Evidently it will be fascinating to see ... dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive" Private Joker - Full Metal Jacket One of the most written about films in history, it is when we look at The Deer Hunter that the lines between Hollywood and Vietnam become most blurred. Its plot rests on the enormous effects ... only as vi...

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... destroyed 15 large cities, 1,710 towns and 70,000 villages, burning and demolishing 6,000,000 buildings. This resulted in 25,000,000 citizens being deprived of shelter during the harsh Russian winter. The Germans demolished 31,850 industrial enterprises. The Soviet railway system was totally crippled as 65,000 kilometers of railway track and 4,100 railway stations were destroyed. Transportation was ... destroyed 10,000 power stations and ruined 1,135 coal mines and 3,000 oil wells, carrying back to Germany 14,000 steam boilers, 1,400 turbines and 11,300 electric generators. The Russian ...

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... Quemoy and Matsu. They don't just want Formosa (Taiwan). They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates in Waugh,S., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some South East Asian states. It is because of ... the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interventions; (c) To repel from her borders any threatening or hostile military presence, be it Russian, Japanese, America ...

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