Abstract
This paper provides a discussion of how three works of art exhibit values and moral ethics of Korean culture, including loyalty, honor, and courage. The works of art are Cho Cong-Rae's "Playing with Fire" and the films "Joint Security Area," directed by Chan-wook Park and "Chunyang" directed by Kwon-taek Im.

From the Paper
"The Chunhyang myth in Korean culture might be equated to the romantic love story of Romeo and Juliet for Western audiences. In the myth, the elements of love, loyalty and courage are fully embraced, but so are traditional Korean views of women as submissive and demure, which is what makes them ideally beautiful. Because it illustrates the values that are most cherished by Korean culture, the myth of Chunhyang continues to be a part of Korean popular culture."

Tags:culture, ideology, war, North South Korea, DMZ, 38th parallel, love, class distinctions

Abstract
The mechanization of war, which began tentatively in the 19th century, has been its dominant feature in the 20th. This mechanization is most obvious, and most often thought of, in terms of weapons: machine-gun, aircraft, missiles.

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"The Shock of Speed
Mechanization in Three 20th-Century Campaigns:
Battle of France; Tet Offensive; Persian Gulf War
Introduction
The mechanization of war, which began tentatively in the 19th century, has been its dominant feature in the 20th. This mechanization is most obvious, and most often thought of, in terms of weapons: machine-gun, aircraft, missiles. Looking back at the experience of turn-of-the-century colonial wars, the intellectual Hilaire Belloc offered a mordant witticism in rhyme:
Whatever happens we have got
the Maxim gun, and they have not."

Abstract
The following paper examines how the U.S. military dealt with the moral issues of human death in the Vietnam War, with particular reference to the 'My Lai Massacre'. This paper illustrates and discusses in detail how such an event happened, and examines how the massacre affected the way Americans view the Vietnam War, the government's participation in the war, and the moral issues that go along with the human deaths that are inevitable during wars and conflicts with other nations or enemies of the United States.

From the Paper
"The My Lai massacre was triggered by a series of events that led to many deaths of the American troops in Vietnam, particularly the 11th Brigade of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Charlie Company, the troop of soldiers that were later accused of mass murdering the civilians in the village of My Lai. In a comprehensive report by Mark Gado (2001) of The Crime Library entitled, "Into the Dark: The My Lai Massacre," the author discussed in detail several events that have occurred which may be attributed as one reason why the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Charlie Company were able to kill many people, civilians who were defenseless against them. Gado discussed the difficulty the Americans were facing in looking for the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong, and one of the solutions that the American military were able to formulate to indirectly inflict harm to the enemy is by destroying all resources that might prove to be helpful to them."

Tags:brigade, infantry, battalion, enemies, vital, resources, army, shelter

Abstract
This paper explains that the roots of the Vietnam War (1961-1975) really began with the fall of the French Colonial Empire at Dien Bien Phu, when the Americans became involved in the greatest war debacle in U.S. history. The author points out that this secret war was being conducted mainly by the Central Intelligence Agency and its founding Director Allen Dulles, the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and President Dwight David Eisenhower. The paper explains that this war started when Ho Chi Min, the Communist strong man in Hanoi and founder of Viet-Cong, and Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam, who had the full backing of the United States' assets, got involved in a gorilla war, which escalated into the Vietnam War from which Ho brought the United States to their knees in disgrace.

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"With the abrupt fall of the Japanese Empire in August of 1945, Ho Chi Minh seizes his opportunity. Using the established Viet Minh, formally known as Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh or The League for the Independence of Vietnam, Ho established at the 8th Plenum at Pac Bo, in May of 1941, as his tool. In September 1945, Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence in Hanoi. Surprisingly there is little to no opposition to his declaration and he feels confident his organizational structures and skills are sound. So confident, in fact, Ho goes to Paris in 1946 to negotiate the separation from France personally with his staff of advisors."

Tags:vietnamization, eisenhower, ho, secret, soldier

Abstract
American military fighting men who saw action in Vietnam between 1965 and 1973 participated in perhaps the most unusual battleground ever. Often, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers did not wear uniforms, making the enemy virtually indistinguishable until they opened fire. But equally frustrating for American and other allied fighting forces was the unusual terrain of Vietnam, which not only protracted the way, but also made victory a virtual uncertainty. I will look at some of the geographic conditions in which allied forces fought and why the terrain put our men at such a grave disadvantage.

Abstract
Discusses reasons for American intervention and failure. Examines its background from WWII, the role of Presidents, Cold War ideology, strengths of North Vietnam and Viet Cong and military and political aspects.

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"U. S. ENTRY INTO AND FAILURE IN THE VIETNAM WAR

This research paper analyzes the reasons why the United States entered the Vietnam War as it did and why its military intervention in that war failed.

After initially opposing French colonial policy during World War II, the United States became convinced after 1945, and especially after the communist victory in China in 1949, that U.S. vital interests required that a communist takeover of South Vietnam be resisted. Toward that end it supported with military and economic assistance the French war effort in Indochina and, after the Geneva accords were signed in 1954, the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam.

During the administration of President John Kennedy, American assistance to Diem increased, including military ..."

Abstract
The author argues that Caputo's preoccupation with seemingly universal attributes of (male) human nature and essential moral qualities is inconsistent with the few passages in which he acknowledges the specific political context of the conflict. The conclusion is that Caputo was so successfully indoctrinated by the Cold War ideological system that even his disillusionment with the war did not allow him to depict the functioning of that system in his own life.

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"From the foundation of the Soviet Union in 1917 through until the Gorbachev era, America's elites were frankly obsessed with the specter of communism. What was essentially at issue during the Cold War was the possibility of an alternative social and economic order to capitalism emerging and proving it viable. What communists promised to create was a social and economic order that offered its people as much in material terms as capitalism, if not more, but without the latter's exploitation of the working classes and its vulnerability to periodic busts and depressions."

Tags:cold, war, ideological, soviet, union, communism, anticommunism, militarism, indochina., viet, cong, south, vietnamese, kennedy, johnson, manhood, marines, bonding, infantry, adolescent

Abstract
Because of the way the Americans fought this war, the Vietnamese had different perceptions or misperceptions of the United States. All of the assigned readings make this point valid. Many of the Vietnamese civilians saw the American soldiers as instruments for America's leaders wanting their war machine to defeat the North Vietnamese, not to help Vietnam, but just to win. American leaders were making their decisions by listening to certain people "who didn't really know what they were dealing with." This paper explains how the Americans misunderstood the Vietnamese and what went wrong when they tried to take over the fight between North and South Vietnam.

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"After reading the assigned books for this paper, I have come to the conclusion that the way the US fought this war was not very honorable. The American military leaders back in the United States did not know enough about what was really going on in Vietnam and as a direct result, they underestimated the power of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Regular Army. Herr makes this evident when he says "there is a point of view that the United States got involved in the Vietnam War ... simply because we thought it would be easy."1 "

Tags:american, army, asia, civilians, cong, lai, massacre, misperception, southeast, viet, vietnam, vietnamese, war

Abstract
This paper discusses the theme of controversy that surrounded the Vietnam War from start to finish to its memory. The paper analyzes newspaper articles from wartime and how the public viewed the war, what the soldiers were thinking, how they were treated during and after the war, and how the war is officially memorialized and the controversies surrounding each. Included in the paper are references to each news article, as well as pop culture novels and even the Rambo movie.

From the Paper
"The Vietnam "War" is known as the most controversial war in American History. This controversy seemed grow with time and wane only at a slower speed. From the outset of the war, there were many who questioned America's objectives and ability to win. There were others though who were patriotic and believed America could succeed, such hopes were always classified with if's. As the war continued, the controversy and questioning of the government grew, turning Vietnam into a political battlefield. The politics involved often overshadowed the reality of the situation, pitting policy against humanity."

Tags:bigart, brien, chi, cong, diem, gook, halberstam, ho, imperialism, imperialist, imperialists, lin, maya, min, minh, sheehan, viet, vietcong, vietnam

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"The Korean War is a war that many people will never forget. All wars in American history fought before the Korean War was based on either national survival or the gain of territory. A strong conflict was created between the Soviet Union and the United States. The conflict was so strong that wars were fought in the midst of this cold war. The Korean War was the first American war that was not fought for national survival, for territory, for manifest destiny or for hegemony. "Korea was the first ideological war.""

Tags:american, history, civil, Vietnam, viet, cong