The Vietnam War and postwar period also resulted in a period of significant social and political change. The division in the country between those who supported the war and those who opposed it led to a political and social revolution. Americans began, as never in the past, to question and publicly protest decisions made by the government and ... major economic downturn, precipitated a war, or denied the civil rights of Americans as did the events following World War I. The two finalists in the competition are from bracket II, the "Civil War", and from bracket III, "World War I". Despite th...

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... human body and spirit. Although the film is only loosely based on a true incident, it's hard not to accept these characters and events as real and this is one very important aspect when looking at the representation of war in Saving Private Ryan, tghe realism of the representation of war. In making this film work, Spielberg seems to have realized that he had to recreate the reality ... evil. We"re left with the message that bravery isn't about facing death with no fear, it's about facing death despite fear -- because there are some things more important than yourself. Private Ryan is no...

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... more to normal day-to-day civilian life. Back home in Australia the 25th of April had already officially been named ANZAC Day. The earliest ANZAC Days were marked with sports events and ceremonies and during the rest of the war were also used for enlistment campaigns and rallies. By the 1930s the rituals ... dropped bombs in Darwin, Broome and other Australian towns. Australia lost more than 39,000 servicemen and women. After the Second World War came the Korean War (1950 to 1953) and the Vietnam War (1962 to 1973). A further 859 Australian soldiers died and another 3674 were wounded in ...

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