Lessons+from+the+War+Zone


 * “What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?”, Robert McNamara-- Fog of War **

For many Americans, today’s headlines about Iraq and Afghanistan, eerily remind them of another conflict that captured the nation’s attention almost forty years ago: Vietnam. Many similarities and parallels may be drawn between the two conflicts. The goal of this project is to expose some of these themes and study them in greater detail.


 * Potential Topics: **
 * The Threat of War: Gulf of Tonkin and Weapons of Mass Destruction
 * Guerilla Warfare: Viet Cong and the Iraqi Insurgents or Taliban
 * Profile of a Soldier: The role of the “information age” in the life of a soldier
 * The role of women and war
 * The Media and War: “5 O’clock Follies” vs. “Embedded
 * Changing Public Opinion: My Lai and Abu Ghraib
 * Anti-War Movement
 * War and Pop Culture: Music, Movies, Arts, etc.
 * Battlefield tactics
 * Collateral Damage: The impact of war on the civilian population
 * Exit Strategy: “Vietnamization” and Iraqi troops
 * War’s Aftermath: Veterans and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

**Excellent places to find pictures for your project:** Flickr- Tour of Duty photostream Flickr- creative commons search of hippies and war

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Do a search in Destiny for print books. We've got too many to list. They are all in the non-fiction section under 959.704. One book you should definitely check out is "The Iraq Papers" by John Ehrenberg which can be found under 956.7044 I. It is a collection of primary documents on America's War on Terrorism.


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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">P __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|roQuest Historical Newspaper] __ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Search old newspapers- Boston Globe (1872-); NY Times (1851-).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">SIRS Decades __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the 1960's and 1970's for Vietnam articles and primary sources.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|U.S. History in Context] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">great articles, images and primary sources on Vietnam and war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center] __ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great for comparing Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.

McClatchy Newspaper Online- excellent reporting on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New York Times
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