The report must follow the focus correction standard for Writing in the Social Studies. 2. The report must be a minimum of two word-processed pages. 3. The report must include an organized, clearly written answer to each of the questions. 1. ... I also benefited from this book by learning army lingo. ... The book made me feel as if I were Richard Perry. ...
Book Report: "Where the Domino Fell : America and Vietnam, 1945-1990" BY MARK T. TRUST Topic of The Book The topic of the book is the Vietnam War, specifically dealing with American involvement in the war. ... Central Ideas of The Book The book attempts to offer a full and unbiased view of the history of the Vietnam War. ... Opinion on the Book One thing noticeable about the book is that the story is told with little bias, considering that it is an American account. The book manages to present the many sides of the Vietnam story. ...
This parallels to the predicted reaction that the Pentagon expected from "U.S. noncombatants" in recently declassified reports that have begun to be released to the general public. ... Many critics say that the Department of Defense, namely the CIA influenced his writing of this book at the very height of the Russian American arms race. ... This doesn't seem very important in Frank's book at first, but it's most likely a very realistic picture of how our society thinks in some ways. ... They began to be self sufficient in as little as a month though the book is not clear they su...
Kennedy's book Thirteen Days: a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... RFK's book offers that the Intelligence Community in 1962 gave JFK reports that the Soviet Union would not make Cuba a military base, " the risk of retaliation from the United States would be too great to take the risk in this case- [p.6]. ... On Tuesday October 23rd, the day after President Kennedy made his speech to the American people explaining the crisis, CIA Director John McCone reported that the Russians were beginning to camouflage the missile sites [p.36]. ... Together with reports that the Russians wer...
Throughout the book you come to find that Truman had some people that he was not very fond of. ... The Book brings to light several interesting facts, both on the good and bad or disturbing in some cases. ... The book also shows some people's infatuation with UFO's and Truman was not exempt from this madness, he was so curious to find out that he assigned someone to help cure his curiosity. ... Although General Landry was more than qualified his report stated that there was nothing of substance to be considered credible or a threat. ... I must admit that I enjoyed this book becaus...
This book does not try to make a political statement by addressing the issues surrounding America's involvement in Vietnam. ... The book opens with a brief description of the training the soldiers of the 1st battalion 7th Calvary received before leaving the United States. ... Once the foundation had been laid, the book jumped quickly into the story of the battle. Here are a few examples of the most memorable short stories told in the book. ... It has been suggested using declassified documents that General Taylor and General Harkin deliberately misled the President with falsified reports ...
Historian Michael Lind in his book "Vietnam the Necessary War" mention that China aided North Vietnam with as much as 327,000 soldiers. ... Government overstates danger, and understates, or did not report true situation in South Vietnam. Stone in his "A Reply to the "White Paper", successfully criticizes US official report known as "White Paper", and leaves many doubts if government was honest to its citizens why United States enter the Vietnam War. ...
It started in 1962 with the publishing of Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." ... Her book attacked the use of chemical pesticides. ... It began by the publishing of a book. The book was The Feminie Mystique, by Betty Friedans. The book explained how women were being mistreated and what women can to do to be equal to men. ...
The New American reported in its December 13, 1993 issue Birch once wrote in a poem that he desired to "live slowly, to relax with my family before a glowing fireplace ... to enjoy a good book ... to reach the sunset of my life sound in body and mind, flanked by strong sons and grandsons."" ... Welch went on to publish Review of the News which was a straightforward weekly report of the news. ...
The U.S. was forced to actively enter the war when the Johnson administration reported that two U.S destroyers where attacked by the Northern Vietnamese in 1964. ... These Panthers carried weapons in public, wore berets symbolizing the revolutionary Che and handed out copies Mao's Red Book around Berkeley Campus. ...
