Kerry, Paul Potter, and Martin Luther King all identify the larger social issues that they felt were reflected in the Vietnam War. ... The United States society is portrayed in a negative way according to Paul Potter, a young student leader, John F. ... Paul Potter discusses such things as cultural genocide, and the "illusion" about U.S. policy that the war has shattered. ... Paul Potter discusses the American society by saying that many participants in the protest march view themselves as trying to build a more decent society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

By definition, the Vietnam War was a protracted military conflict between the Communist forces of North Vietnam supported by China and the Soviet Union and the non-Communist forces of South Vietnam supported by the United States. The war, however, transcended beyond a military conflict. The war trau...

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Irony in Art The first artist I have chosen to review is Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian Artist who works in New York. Most of his artworks use a humorous style of irony, which often borders on offence. Cattelan's artworks often mock the event/person that accommodates it/or is involved in it....

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• Has Bibliography
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He stated flatly: "Lodge [Henry Cabot Lodge, ambassador to South Vietnam, 1963 ­1967] has virtually no official contact with Harkins [General Paul Harkins, first commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV)]. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From the beginning of recorded history music in some form or other has told the story of life and its beauty, wonder, struggles, and causes. From the love between a man and a woman to the oppression of people, music and song have been supplying the soundtrack to life. Music has a tendency to question authority and the status quo that occasionally is misdirected, misinformed and in some cases just plain wrong. In modern times, because of the advances in telecommunications, music took on an even more important place in the world. In other words, the volume could be cranked up globally. ...

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"We knelt and we prayed and I held the one's hand, whose leg had been blown off and looked him in the face and I mean...I can only tell you that I watched the life go from his body. As his eyes turned green he took his last breath and I see that guy often...In my mind...I don't guess you ever forget somebody who dies holding your hand looking at your face." – Chief Petty Officer Bob Page. Undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Uniform "The art of war is to appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak" (Tzu, 2005). The thought of break...

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The United States in the 1960s was a time of cultural change and social movements throughout the country. The youth movement was characterized by young college students that had become political activists and were against political suppression by the government. They were also were majorly involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements. Others that were apart of the youth movement simply separated themselves from the mainstream ideals of the society. The social, cultural, and political impacts of the counterculture that took place in the 60s had a very large impact on United States history...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the other hand the film All is Quiet on the Western Front stars Lew Ayres as the young Paul Bauman, who, along with a group of his teenaged classmates, are conscripted into the German army during WWI. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The 1950s through the 1950s was a turbulent time in history. At the end of the Second World War, many political and international changes came about. The world had to rebuild drastically after such an unstable and deleterious decade. As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy a...

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• Grade Level: High School