War

Stearman, W.L. (2007, March, 21). Vietnam war lessons. The Washington Times, Retrieved November 26, 2008, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5253926704&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5253926707&cisb=22_T5253926706&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=24&nodeStateId=411en_US,1&docsInCategory=970&csi=8176&docNo=13

The article is about what went wrong with the Vietnam War. It starts off with the assumption of taking on the Vietnam situation in the first place in 1963. When the Tet Offense happened in 1968 the American public started to believe this was an unwinnable war. The last mistake was not knowing when to withdraw troops, which ended up taking place in 1973.

Perez-Pena, R. (2008, March, 24). The war endures, but where's the media?. The New York Times, Retrieved November 26, 2008, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5253956378&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5253956381&cisb=22_T5253956380&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=23&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,22&docsInCategory=88&csi=6742&docNo=11

After 5 years of the Iraq war, and there is barely any coverage in the news. According to this New York Times article, the American public has lost interest in the war. It is also too expensive and too dangerous to keep sending journalists to Iraq. Also, the storyline of the Iraq war is not as interesting as WWII or even the Vietnam war.