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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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