Comparing the documentary Hearts and Minds by Peter Davis with the book, Dispatches by Michael Herr.
Date Submitted: 09/16/2003 11:29:41
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 3 pages (757 words)
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 3 pages (757 words)
To far too many people, Vietnam and the conflict there remains a mystery. To some, it was the only war America has ever lost. To others, a senseless venture into a land we did not know, politics we did not understand, and an enemy far better able to fight in jungle terrain than American soldiers. Vietnam is history- and not very pleasant or comforting history. Hearts and Minds- the title comes from a Lyndon Johnson …
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…who fought and died or were wounded- on both sides- were political pawns. The movie also reveals the antagonism of white (and even black) American soldiers against the brown-skinned Orientals who they considered to be inferior in almost every way. Good for sex, but for little else.
Herr sums up Vietnam in two words: "Hell Sucks." This "counter-revolution (as a talking head in the movie called it) still remains a divisive period in our history.
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