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This is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which studies the complex relationship between the historical Gulf war of 1990-1991, and those myths, narratives and images commonly drawn on to explain it. A linking theme through the volume is the shadow of Vietnam, how the Gulf war was perhaps the culminating event in what has come to be known as "the Vietnam syndrome". As well as focusing upon the central role of mass media the contributors address issues and events that are not usually treated in the same political and historical context, for example, popular music, comic books, was memorials, anti-war expression, literature, and the effects of war upon language. The essays should be of interest to students of history, politics, war studies, American studies, cultural studies, oriental and Middle East studies, the social sciences, media studies, literature and art history. ... Read more

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I refused to read this dung based on the title alone.
The concept that the Gulf War never occured is preposterous.I was an Attlerry Scout with F/2/2 USMC and can personally vouch for the following facts: A) the conflict happened and was contested. B)There were instagatorsimported from less Arabic countries to punish the local citizens.Myservice in SouthWestAsia was one of the most fulfilling experiences in mylife. ... Read more

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From The Green Berets to Apocalypse Now and Platoon, the cinematic legacy of the Vietnam War is vast, intense and now, for the first time, is documented as a single genre, in one single volume.

Search & Destroy contains illustrated essays covering over 300 movies, including documentaries. It examines some of the most controversial and psychotic characters in cinematic history, such as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Dennis Hopper in Tracks and Sylvester Stallone in First Blood. From the brutal field of combat, to the flashbacks and demons that followed, Search & Destroy examines the cult classics through to the most recent Vietnam movies, still breaking box-office records today.

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excellent introduction to business in Vietnam
This is a well written and informative guide. It is much better written, and much more insightful, than most books of its kind. It is very useful for any person thinking of doing business in Vietnam...in fact, I wouldcall it "essential".

Best book on business in Vietnam
Who'd have thought some guy from Oklahoma would write this pithy discussion of business in Vietnam? Few books exist on this topic but Mr. Chambers has written the kind of honest, straightforward business book weneed more of. ... Read more

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Culture of Vietnam. Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Religionin Vietnam, Vietnamese cuisine, Vietnamese wine, Vietnameseart, List of traditional Vietnamese handicraft villages,Vietnamese literature, East Asian calligraphy, Music ofVietnam, Theatre of Vietnam, Traditional Vietnamese dance,Vietnamese martial arts ... Read more

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Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Qu?ng Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái T? Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate and cultural characters. Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km², incuding 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km² with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The diversity of the enivironment, climate, geology, geography, and geomorphology in the area have created biodiversity, including tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on April 1, 2000. The length of the article is 848 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Scar That-Binds: American Culture and the Vietnam War.(Review) (book review)
Author: David L. Anderson
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2000
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: 35Issue: 1Page: 187

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 657 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture and the Causes of War. (book review)
Author: Martin Stuart-Fox
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 48Issue: 3Page: 442(3)

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Excellent book
My nephew recently went to Vietname to work.I got him this book and he said it was the best book of several he got about Vietnam.He said it helped him a lot in getting to know the country. ... Read more

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Vietnam Unit study lesson plan is a hands on interactive journey to Vietnam; it is for kids of all ages to enjoy hours of learning fun. I have been teaching this unit to children ages 5-14. You will learn about modern day culture, geography, architecture,religion, government, celebration, history and much more. Each unit is internet linked with endless possibilities to what you can learn. Here you will find everything that you need to get you started on your journey, including directions to crafts, activities, interactive printable forms, colorful pictures, discussion questions, material lists and preparation instructions as well as other ideas to take you farther on your journey in the exploration of Vietnam. Among these are step by step directions on how to make a country house, a dragon to dance under, spring roll recipe and much more. This can be done individually or with a group of various aged children and each Culture Quest Unit Study can stand alone. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Human Resource Planning, published by Human Resource Planning Society on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1687 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Current Practices.(corporate culture in Vietnam)
Author: Howard Risher
Publication: Human Resource Planning (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: Human Resource Planning Society
Volume: 23Issue: 1Page: 7

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Chapters: Culture of Vietnam. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 216. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Culture of Vietnam, an agricultural civilization based on the cultivation of wet rice, is one of the oldest in East Asia; the ancient Bronze age Dong Son culture is considered to be one of its most important progenitors. Due to the long-term Chinese influence on its civilization, in terms of politics, government and Confucian social and moral ethics, Vietnam is considered to be part of the East Asian Cultural Sphere. Following independence from China in the 10th century AD, Vietnam began a southward expansion that saw the annexation of territories formerly belonging to the Champa civilization (now Central Vietnam) and parts of the Khmer empire (today southern Vietnam), which resulted in minor regional variances in Vietnam's culture due to exposure to these different groups. During French colonial period, Vietnamese culture received merchant influences from the Europeans, including the spread of Catholicism and the adoption of Latin alphabetto this day, Vietnam is the only non-island nation of Indochina which uses the Latin alphabet to write the national language. In the socialist era, the cultural life of Vietnam has been deeply influenced by government-controlled media and the cultural influences of socialist programs. For many decades, foreign cultural influences were shunned and emphasis placed on appreciating and sharing the culture of communist nations such as the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and others. Since the 1990s, Vietnam has seen a greater re-exposure to Asian, European and American culture and media. Some elements generally considered to be characteristic of Vietnamese culture include ancestor veneration, respect for community and family values, handicrafts and manua...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1907335 ... Read more

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A World Transformed looks at the Vietnamese revolution from the perspective of Vietnamese culture itself rather than as a reaction to the Cold War or to the actions of external enemies. Kim N. B. Ninh explores the complex debates within Vietnamese society about the self, culture, and national identity. She shows how a collective sense of the nation's weakness united communists and many intellectuals, who looked to the establishment of a socialist state to offer both the ideology and the organization that would encourage the emergence of a modern, independent, postcolonial Vietnam.
The study covers the period from the Vietnamese communists' initial ascent to power in 1945 to the beginning of the escalation of the American involvement in the country's conflict in 1965, by which time a full-fledged socialist state had been in place in North Vietnam for eleven years. Through a nuanced examination of critical intellectual works, A World Transformed presents a complex view of a period fraught with contradictory possibilities and tensions that continue to resonate in Vietnam today. The extensive use of Vietnamese-language materials, access to archival data never before available, and innovative incorporation of literary and historical sources combine to make this study an invaluable depiction of the Vietnamese revolution.
Kim N. B. Ninh is Assistant Director of the Governance, Law, and Civil Society Programs, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco.
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