... ? "For the U.S. Army, the war in Vietnam presented a new type of battle fought with new weapons and new tactics against a very different enemy. In many respects, the area wars without front lines together with guerilla tactics were out of our nation's beginnings, while the sophisticated hardware presaged the future automated battlefield management systems." To attack a man and kill him, your best shot ... favor of terrorism and ambush maneuvers. Another difference that helped the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong was that all of South Vietnam was the battle field instead of having narrow fr...

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• Grade Level: High School

... they united in their common goal, but were frequently divided into rival factions, split along political, religious, ethnic (or tribal) or special interest lines. Even after independence was achieved, the new nations were wracked by bitter and internecine conflicts between such factions. The colours of political maps changed ... , capturing fort after fort over a distance of 100 miles within 6 weeks. Then came Vinh Yen, a "set-piece" battle fought along conventional lines that resulted in a decisive French victory. This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary wa...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... they united in their common goal, but were frequently divided into rival factions, split along political, religious, ethnic (or tribal) or special interest lines. Even after independence was achieved, the new nations were wracked by bitter and internecine conflicts between such factions. The colours of political maps changed ... , capturing fort after fort over a distance of 100 miles within 6 weeks. Then came Vinh Yen, a "set-piece" battle fought along conventional lines that resulted in a decisive French victory. This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary wa...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... decision to get involved especially before elections in two years. The United States supported the new leader Ngo Dinh Diem when he took power over South Vietnam. The National Liberation Front, also known as Vietcong, was a guerilla group who supported the communist North Vietnamese and opposed to the Diem rule. This is who America decided was a threat that they wanted to ... the North Vietnamese, South Vietnam was suffering more and more. Communication between the North and the South was worsening due to the Vietcong. Roads between the two and other communication lines including the ra...

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... characters in their Slavic-American community of Clairton, Pennsylvania. Cimino puts great effort into emphasizing deep ties between the three lead characters, Michael, Nick, and Steven, through their work in front of the blast furnace, their after hours at the neighborhood bar, and, especially, their hunting in the mountain peaks for bucks. In particular, Cimino went to great lengths to create ... at best was troubled, confused, and disturbed from the war and at worst, unable to cease the killing. After escaping the inhumane tortures, the three friends escape back to American lines. Th...

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... 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 that the war in South-East Asia had, in this case on a working-class community. It ... even these scenes are highly inaccurate. The snow-capped mountains visible during the hunt are certainly nowhere to be found in Pennsylvania. Bar a drunken Green Beret lamenting his experiences in front of the three friends ("F--k it") no real attempt is mad...

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• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate