This is the question posed by Mahatma Gandhi, which can be applied to many of the wars that the United States has encountered in the past century, including World War II and the Vietnam War, which are the historical subjects of literary works by John Hersey and Ron Kovic. ... The subjects of Hersey's work include people from all backgrounds, including a Jesuit Priest, two doctors, a Methodist Pastor, a young clerk, and a mother and her three children. ... A familiar phrase in Kovic's narrative includes the words Vietnam and veteran. When he is arrested, Kovic says, "I"m a Vietnam ...

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During his life, Steinbeck lived through many historical events in both the world and the United States. ... He lived through World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. ... He tells the story of their lives, which is a background to his job during college as a laborer (Hughes 78). ...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role whic...

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