... racism. Black inequality was the major contradiction to the New Deal and one that carried over into the Cold War period. Most liberal anticommunists realize that domestic racism is America's "Achilles heel- in the Cold War battles against Communism and for the hearts and minds of formerly colonized peoples around the world. At the same time the black civil rights movement ... ...

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... civilians, racial division, drugs, and lack of confidence in ranking officers. Commenting on his characters, Stone calls Barnes and Elias, "Two Gods. Two different views of the war. The Angry Achilles Versus the conscious-stricken Hector" who "mirror the very civil war that I"d witnessed in all the units I was in." In the film, Elias puts a stop to a massacre and overrides Barnes ... ...

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