Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. ... However, the Vietnam War failed to provide the same stories of struggle and bravery that made films about World War I and World War II successful because the conflict lacked clear objectives and easily identified enemies. ... However, a film can be an excellent movie in spite of its use of myths and inaccuracies about the war and the soldiers. ... Nick ultimately loses the game, metaphorically illustrating a death due to his experiences in the war. Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 release, Apocalypse Now, is another Vietnam War f...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a result, the Cold War became a topic of much controversy and fear. ... In this way, large companies such as General Electric saw their business skyrocket. This company, as well as a multitude of others, began to advertise more frequently and through a variety of different arenas. ... Efficiency became very important to the companies. ... He worked here throughout the duration of the war. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"1 Up to two thousand people gathered in the park that day and bands such as the Grateful Dead, the Holding Company, and Wildflower played. ... This music spoke the to the ideas of the counterculture movement and the anti war and political suppression that they were feeling. ... Both the people of the counterculture and the students of Berkley were both a very large part of the anti-war movement. ... These students were very strongly against the war and also very invested in the civil rights movement. ... Kennedy escalated the war in Vietnam and sending more ground troops over to fight th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... Indeed, the end of the Vietnam War sparked the beginning of Little Saigons, with the great effort and contribution of the first wave refugees. ... In an interview with my grandfather, Binh Le, a marine in Vietnam War, he confides, [Little Saigon] has everything and [I go there because of the] Vietnamese people. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate