Vietnam War Essays and Research Papers

Philip Caputo was a regular soldier placed in to a horrific situation. Every person in a war or police action is placed in to the same situation. His actions and reactions are typical of anyone who is placed in a warzone, with an enemy who practices guerrilla warfare. I do not condone such actions, but…

Vietnam has been characterized by war since the end of world war two and, following the Geneva Accord of the 1954, Vietnam was divided by into North Vietnam inclined to communism and South Vietnam inclined to capitalism. The Vietnam War of 1954-75 was aggravated by the cold war politics between capitalist (America) and communist (soviet…

During the Vietnam war many, if not the majority of American’s believed that there were ways to resolve world conflict that didn’t involve war. This led to the formation and growth of the Anti-war movement. The Anti-war movement played a very big role in the late 1960’s, it was created in 1965 when war began…

The decision to enter war is not one to be made lightly and, unfortunately, must be made often. The devastating effects of waging war and the impact it has on an economy and civilian lives should be weighed and measured before the final decision is cast. In many cases, circumstances do not afford leaders the…

“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animals”. The atrocities committed in warfare are commonly justified by the nationalistic drive of many authority figures whose views are obviously adopted by soldiers. These soldiers believe that whatever they do is for the good of their country and that they are the last…

In the past I had heard stories where military forces in Vietnam raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan, cows and dogs for fun,…

Apocalypse now opens up in Saigon in 1968. Benjamin Willard, an intelligence captain and army officer, who has struggled with alcohol and struggled with alcohol, but extremely ready and prepared to go back into the army, is accompanied by two officers to Nah Trang. They each give him a briefing on a man whom his…