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Vietnam War and American Culture

Homework Assignment Page

You can always find the complete list of specific homework assignments, and links to every one of them, on this page.

  • For Tuesday, Sept. 8: Buy the books; make sure you have an email account (see the syllabus if you don't); email me a message with your first and last names and the letters VN on the subject line. Start reading Young, Chapters 1 and 2.

  • For Friday, September 11. BUT, make SURE you have sent me an email first -- I need everybody's email address.
  • For Tuesday, September 15.
  • For Friday, September 18.
  • For Tuesday, September 22.
  • For Friday, September 25.
    Please also read these quotations by John Paul Vann. Please look in Young's book to find out who Vann was; PRINT THESE QUOTATIONS, and bring them to class on Friday, 9/25.
  • For Tuesday, September 29.
  • For Friday, October 2, please reread the article by Jeffrey Race, "Unlearned Lessons.." and that of Chomsky. We'll finish discussing them.
    Please also BRING TO CLASS Young, VIETNAM WARS.. -- our text book.
  • For Tuesday, October 6.
  • For Friday, October 9.
  • For Tuesday, October 13.
  • For Friday, October 16.
  • For Tuesday, October 20.
  • For Friday, October 23.
  • For Tuesday, October 27.
  • For Friday, October 30.
  • For Tuesday, November 3.
  • For Friday, November 6.
  • For Tuesday, November 10: read "In Guatemala, Under Foot". Print it out and bring it to class. Also, bring the assignments for the last two classes -- the documents about Imperialism. We'll continue to discuss this issue.
  • For Friday, November 13.
  • For Tuesday, November 17, on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short-Timers.
  • For Friday, November 20, on The Short-Timers and the film Full Metal Jacket.
  • For Tuesday, November 24, on Franklin, MIA, or Mythmaking In America.
  • For Tuesday, December 1. This is a quiz on the Franklin book. Please PRINT it out; bring it to class, all filled out, on Tuesday, December 1. DO NOT E-MAIL IT to me or do it on the Discussion Forum.
  • For Friday, December 4 -- on the Gulf War, the situation with Iraq, and the Vietnam War.
  • For Tuesday, December 8 -- more on the MidEast Oil crisis.
  • For Friday, December 11 -- our last day of class!

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