1. 1968: A Year of Crisis
With this being the first scene the narrator (Charlie Sheen) should have begun by introducing the Vietnam War and how the feud between communism and capitalism begun with the "independence" of Vietnam. ... There were no defined battle lines and the combat scenes lead you to believe that the enemy was everywhere. ... Although, it did not tackle the bigger issues, it exposed American soldiers to the world and what they went through to try and defeat the North Vietnamese Soldiers and communism. ...
The Vietnamese War, as defined to me in the New Standard Encyclopedia, was " an undeclared war for the control of South Vietnam, starting in 1957 and ending in 1975." ... The United States feared that Communism would spread, and President Eisenhower's Domino Theory was born. ...
In the 1946 election for California's congressman, he aggressively campaigned against Voorhis in which he made vigorous attacks, accusing him of being "soft- on communism. ... If sneaky tactics and catering to public demand is what defines a good politician, Nixon would have his picture in the dictionary. ... Stevenson, as soft on Communism. ...