... While these movies may have some accuracy, they are based primarily on the war recounts provided by the United States news and media. In the book A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives, author Michael Hunt stated that, "Since 1977, Hollywood has been succeeding where Washington ... on the front line.8 With this resentment began the peace movements within society. The peace movements began with the start of the war in 1964. In New York City twelve men burned their draft cards as a statement opposing the war.9 This was only ... Vietnamese forc...

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... which feeds the sceptics argument that Hollywood's prime concern was, once again, the almighty dollar. The aim of this coursework is to assess how fairly mainstream American cinema dealt with the Vietnam War. I will focus my investigation on three films in depth, Apocalypse Now, Full ... book about Vietnam, therefore 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 wil...

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